Why did the masters of the West unleashed the First World War
100 years ago, 28 July 1914, the Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia. This was the beginning of the First World War. Russia could not stand aside and close its eyes to the attack on an ally. On July 29, the sovereign Nicholas II sent a telegram to the German Kaiser Wilhelm II with the proposal “to submit the Austro-Serbian question to the Hague Conference” (to the International Court of Arbitration in The Hague). Russia began a partial mobilization against Austria-Hungary. However, it was technically impossible to carry out partial mobilization, and 30 July in Russia announced a general mobilization. Austria-Hungary also began a general mobilization. The German ambassador of Germany in St. Petersburg, Count F. Pourtales, conveyed an ultimatum to Foreign Minister S. D. Sazonov demanding that the mobilization be canceled.
German war plans were associated with the announcement of mobilization in Russia. With the start of mobilization in Russia, Germany planned to strike France through the territory of Belgium (in order to bypass the main French forces). It was planned to take Paris and win on the Western front before Russia could conduct a major operation against Germany, after which it was possible to concentrate efforts to defeat the Russian Empire or make peace. In addition, the evasive and ambiguous position of London maintained the hope that Britain would remain aloof from this war and Germany would be able to conduct a “blitzkrieg” to defeat France, and then resolve the issue with Russia.
Therefore, 1 August in Germany was declared a general mobilization, and Count Pourtales handed Sazonov a note on declaring war. 2 August German troops entered the territory of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. 3 August Germany declared war on France. 4 August German troops invaded Belgium.
Why did the masters of the West go to war
World War was not an accidental coincidence, as some researchers are trying to show and its beginning cannot be explained by the aggressive aspirations of individual powers. Thus, they are trying to place the blame for the outbreak of war only on the bloc of the Central Powers headed by Germany.
The great war in Europe was being prepared for more than a decade. World War was supposed to lay the foundation of the so-called. "New world order", which was built by the owners of the western project. They are also called "world backstage", financial or gold "international", etc.
The world war was supposed to complete the process of transferring the world community from the "rails" of feudalism to capitalism (de facto camouflaged neo-possession, disguised with the slogans of "freedom"). The monarchies were finally a thing of the past; they were replaced by republics with elected presidents and parliaments. But, in reality, all power was in the hands of the rich — the “golden elite,” since only the rich could sponsor presidential and parliamentary campaigns. People received the illusion of "democracy", although all the real political, financial, economic and informational (press) power remained in the hands of several dozen multi-millionaire clans.
Monarchies have already interfered with the "golden elite". Monarchist powers were built on a different conceptual basis, where such concepts as honor, dignity, however, the ideals of chivalry still lived. Under capitalism, everything was bought and sold, love, power, respect, everything was measured in money.
It was necessary to crush the old empires - Russia, Germany and Austria-Hungary, they stood in the way of the “new world order”. The Ottoman Empire was also sentenced. In her face, the Islamic project was to be finally buried. In the Russian, German, and Austro-Hungarian empires, elements of the former administrative “pyramid” remained intact — power was vested in the national aristocracy, which was generally focused on national interests. Monarchs made decisions based on national interests.
It did not suit the "golden elite". It is clear that quite often its representatives could push through decisions that satisfied them in Russia, Germany and Austria-Hungary, but this was not always the case. And they needed absolute power, not archaic monarchies, where, say, the emperor Alexander III could destroy the web, which weave for many years or even decades, with his will.
In addition, the "golden elite" needed all the resources of the old empires, they were to serve as the foundation for the future world order. It’s enough to recall how gold was pumped out of the territory of the perished Russian Empire, historical artifacts, and other material resources. We must not forget about intellectual resources. Say, the Russian aircraft designer Sikorsky became the father of American helicopter engineering, and the Russian engineer Zvorykin became one of the founders of modern television.
A special role in the plans of the "golden elite" had Russia and Germany. Their strategic alliance could offer humanity an alternative, more just and humane world order. Russia and Germany were the cores of the Indo-European (Aryan) civilization, the bearers of its traditions.
Russia and Germany (Prussia) had the old traditions of mutually beneficial cooperation, dynastic ties, dating back from the depths of centuries, right up to the origin of a part of the German aristocracy from the princely clans of Slavic Europe (unions of lutus, supporters, etc.). In fact, Germany was built on Slavic roots. Even its capital Berlin (the city of "Bera" - "bear") has a Slavic origin. Genetically, many Germans, especially in Central and East Germany, are assimilated descendants of the Slavs. The masters of the West knew this, so one of the tasks of the great war was the extermination of millions of Slavs and Germans.
With Germany, Russia had no fundamental contradictions. We perfectly could live in peace, friendship and cooperation. The Baltic (Baltic) Germans firmly joined the elite of the Russian Empire, honestly served it. Russia needed German technology, and Germany needed the Russian market. The main contradictions in Germany existed with France and England, not Russia. We had no territorial contradictions. Moreover, the friendship that arose between Russia and Prussia during the struggle against Napoleon’s Empire was constantly strengthened by the growing trade turnover. Russia and Germany perfectly complemented each other. A very wise message was in the words of the German Kaiser Wilhelm II, who raised a signal on his flagship: “The Admiral of the Atlantic Ocean welcomes Admiral of the Pacific Ocean”, hinting cousin Nicholas II that Russia’s fate is in the East. Germany could provide the western (Atlantic) front of the great Russian-German alliance.
However, dozens of years of subversive work have done their job. You can read about this in the excellent works of Sergey Kremlev - “Russia and Germany: Strain! From Versailles Wilhelm to Versailles Wilson ”,“ Russia and Germany. Together or separately? ”“ The Union of Three Emperors, ”which could serve as the basis for a strategic alliance between Russia and Germany, was destroyed. Masonic structures of European countries have made a lot of efforts in order to disrupt the Russian-German alliance. Moreover, Russia was dragged in by the Franco-Russian alliance that was unnecessary to it, which laid the foundation of the Entente. In the 1907, the Björk Treaty between Russia and Germany was torpedoed, which could completely change the future of Europe.
In return, Russia was finally dragged into the Entente, since then a meaningless, stupid war for us has become inevitable. In fact, in this war, Russia played the role of cannon fodder from the great Western powers. London and Paris were going to "fight to the last Russian soldier" against Germany. The Russians, bleeding profusely, had to rush into ill-considered offensive, rescuing the Western "allies", who themselves prepared plans to dismember the Russian empire and sponsored the revolutionary underground. Thanks to the Russian army, the German troops did not take Paris, did not defeat England and France in 1915-1916. In addition, the Russian army defeated the Ottoman troops in Transcaucasia and decided the fate of the Ottoman Empire, allowed the French and the British to divide among themselves the possessions of the “sick man of Europe” into spheres of influence.
In the same years, the Russian Empire became the cash cow of its “allies” in the Entente. Hundreds of tons of gold went to Western banks, strengthening the power of Western civilization. And the West "thanked" Russia, stabbed her in the back, when the Russian army held back the onslaught of the Nemean, Austro-Hungarian and Turkish troops. It was the West that stood behind the February 1917 revolution, actively supporting various assorted revolutionary structures, from the rotten aristocracy and the generals to the socialist revolutionaries. The Russian empire will still shed blood in the battle against Germany, and in the West there will already be plans to divide it into spheres of influence and “independent” states under the control of the Entente.
If England and France, without colonies, were not self-sufficient powers, the Russian land stretched for half the world. Russia was the whole world - original and self-sufficient. The European powers had already exhausted their internal capabilities and took resources in the colonies. But Russia did not reveal even a hundredth of its potential. Reasonable Russian politics in Europe fit all three words: "Peace with Germany." The world in the European direction allowed Russia to develop expansion in Persia, in the long term leaving for India, to develop the Caucasus, Central Asia, to develop the Russian North, Siberia and the Far East. To industrialize and eliminate illiteracy. Do what Stalin will do, but much earlier.
The second main victim of the "golden elite" was Germany. The German Empire was in the position of the first European (and almost the second world) powers. The decrepit England and the “world usurer” - France, were increasingly inferior to the young industrial German Empire, which relied on its own strength and did not drain resources from the colonies. Britain was still the most powerful colonial empire, but was inferior in the development of new industries. The British saw that the day was near when they would lose the status of the "sea ruler".
The elevation of the United States. The capitalists of Europe had two choices: to cooperate with the Second Reich, gradually moving to the role of a subordinate partner of a powerful German economy, or to fight. The masters of the old colonial empires chose war. Overseas partners supported them in this. The “golden elite” believed that it was time to destroy the Old World, that it would lead the United States to the world stage of the new leader. The United States has become a model for the future of the entire planet. The country of the victorious and ruling capital was to become the flagship of the world community. But for this it was necessary to destroy or weaken the old great powers as much as possible, to make them dependent on the American economy.
That is why the US strategy was completely advantageous. At the first stage of the war, the United States gave loans, supplied military materials, and various goods. As a result, the United States from a debtor country became a world creditor, and England and France turned from world creditors into debtors. An even greater flow of loans to European countries went when the United States entered the war themselves, waiting for the moment when all the great powers drained themselves of blood. Until the end of World War I, the total amount of loans was over 10 billion US dollars. And weapon, ammunition, ammunition, various military materials were purchased in the United States themselves. Money remained in the States and stimulated the American economy. By the end of the war in the USA, 40% of the world's gold reserves was concentrated.
It must be said that even while the USA remained neutral, it was possible to determine from their economic activity who the owners of the States determined to be the losers in the camp. US trade with Germany and other Central Powers has drastically decreased: from 169 million dollars in 1914 to 1 million in 1916 year. And with the countries of the Entente has increased dramatically: from 824 million to 3 billion dollars. The United States has become a pantry, arsenal and bank of the Entente. Until April 1917, the Entente countries received from the United States about 2 billion dollars, and Germany - only about 20 million dollars. The United States sought to remove a competitor from the world market.
Only after the American capitalists gained maximum profits from the war, without suffering serious human or material losses, was it decided to enter the war. It should be noted that the rejection of the war determined the policy of Washington most of the war. In August, 1914, US President Woodrow Wilson, issued a statement urging Americans to "be neutral in deeds and words, be impartial in thoughts and actions." Wilson said that the goal of neutrality is to allow the United States "to speak at peace meetings" and "to play the role of impartial mediator." According to the American president, the United States should have played the role of a “moral judge.”
The United States did not respond to the death of the Lusitania in 1915, and when German submarines sank the ships Arabic and Sussex, which were American citizens. Most Americans supported the policy of isolating the United States, considering the war in Europe to be distant and alien. It was under the slogan - "He saved us from the war," Wilson was reelected for a second term in 1916. But it was hypocrisy. The owners of the United States waited for the right moment. Already in 1916, the United States sharply increased defense spending and began to actively prepare for war. In 1916, a new large shipbuilding program was launched. Money had to be saved, Germany was not supposed to win the First World War. In addition, the position of the Central Powers in 1917 was disastrous, the United States did not risk anything. And Russia needed to be replaced. The February revolution quickly brought the Russian army to a non-operational state. In April, 1917, the United States entered the war and during the peace talks identified a political map of the future of Europe.
Thus, the question - “Who benefits?” (Cui prodest?), Determines the understanding of the causes and nature of the First World War. The Russian war was extremely unprofitable, it became cannon fodder and the victim of the division of the skin of a dead bear. The German leadership also made a strategic mistake, believing that the Second Reich could lead a “blitzkrieg”, crushing France, agreeing with Russia (without or after the war) and without England. France and England became victorious, but the war exhausted their resources, French land became the battlefield. As a result, France and England began to depend on the United States, gradually losing the role of the great powers that determine world politics.
The United States and the “golden elite” behind it all benefited from the war. The American Babylon, which was supposed to be the prototype of the new world community, subdued the economies of the European powers and created powerful armed forces. The United States emerged from World War I as the leading industrial power in the world. With 1920% of the global population in 6, the States concentrated 66% of world oil production, 50% coal, 20% gold, 60% copper production, 60% aluminum, 85% cars in their hands. The total debt of the European countries of the USA was 11,6 billion, including England - 4,7 billion, France - 3,8 billion, Italy - 1,9 billion.
True, the First World War could not solve the problem of transition to the "new world order." The era of total domination of the owners of the Western project was postponed. Therefore, we still managed to heal the wounds of the First World War, as preparations began for a new big war. The Versailles peace of 1919 of the year laid all the conditions for a future world war. And again in the war they tried to set off (and set on fire) the two powers, which were to be allies, Russia-USSR and Germany.
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