Re: Blood and Iron
Karl Wagner is a disgruntled middle-aged instructor at the Bundeswehr Command and Staff College. He finds himself concerned about the direction which the German nation is headed in—just as he is killed by a terrorist attack. Only to awaken and find himself reborn as an infant, Bruno von Zehntner, the youngest son of a noble family renowned for its part in the German war industry a few years after the founding of the German Empire. Bruno, as he is now known, desires to rewrite history and ensure the German Empire emerges victorious in the coming century. And in doing so, finds himself entrenched in a world filled with Blood and Iron!
Looking Back on the First Year of the Great War
Belgium's entry into the war made matters more complicated for the allies. Initially, this war was seen by many in the world as a tragic response of Austro-Hungarian aggression into Serbia. The late Serbian King Peter I had made it seem like their requests would violate his sovereignty as an independent ruler.
However, as more and more hidden secrets were revealed, Serbia and its royal family started becoming the villains from the perspective of those neutral nations which sat by and watched as Europe burned in the background.
In addition to this, France's violations of Luxembourgish and Belgian neutrality was seen as a flagrant and aggressive violation done without any potential just cause. At least the Austro-Hungarians had a valid casus belli to declare war on the Serbians.