More Deaths to Justify Previous Deaths
| Wilhelm's invasion of France in 1914 succeeded more
than did France's invasion of his kingdom, Germany, but it brought
stalemate rather than the victory his country expected.
Wilhelm wanted peace, but he deferred to his military and public
opinion - people who wanted victory and gains to give meaning for
those who had fallen. The almost 300,000 already killed would become
1.7 million. | |
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Narrative: Opinion:
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