Bethmann Hollweg's 'scrap of paper'
1914 · Event
The German chancellor admits in the Reichstag that invading Belgium is a wrong, then tells the British ambassador that Britain is going to war for 'a scrap of paper'.
On these timelines: July Crisis & Outbreak of WW1, World War I, Master, Germany
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