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jul 5, 1914 - The Kaiser’s ‘blank cheque’

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Kaiser Wilhelm 2nd issued a ‘blank cheque’ to Vienna. Austria-Hungary could proceed as it wished and, if Russia decided to intervene, Germany would back them.

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jul 5, 1914
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~ 112 years ago