what was his role in it?
He held a council to declare war with Germany
George V
On 4 August 1914 the King wrote in his diary, "I held a council at 10.45 to declare war with Germany
who was george v? King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India when did he become the last one? 6 May 1910 was he married? UNANSWERABLE which war was witnessed by him? World War I
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George V [SEP] First World War
On 4 August 1914 the King wrote in his diary, "I held a council at 10.45 to declare war with Germany. It is a terrible catastrophe but it is not our fault. ... Please to God it may soon be over." From 1914 to 1918, Britain and its allies were at war with the Central Powers, led by the German Empire. The German Kaiser Wilhelm II, who for the British public came to symbolise all the horrors of the war, was the King's first cousin. The King's paternal grandfather was Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; consequently, the King and his children bore the titles Prince and Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duke and Duchess of Saxony.