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  Except it's not true. The Young Bosnia group was backed by some Serbian officers (namely the Black Hand conspirators), not the government itself.
  Russia wasn't too keen to protect Serbia cart blanche; it was the fact that Serbia ceded on all points of the ultimatum, but one, that clinched it. With Austro-Hungary deciding to declare war anyway, the favor of the international community swung in the opposite direction, and the chain of events started that ended in WW1.
context: Fun fact: Catherine the Great wasn't even Russian, she was 100% German >
  
  All royal families in Europe are related. The British royal family of the Windsors had to change their German family name too when WW1 exploded. >
  
  There was a quote by (IIRC) King George regarding WWI. He said “my grandmother never would have allowed it” >
  
  Possibly true, the Kaiser most likely could have stopped the ball from rolling out of control. The guy was just an envious insecure prick who wanted what his British family had. >
  
  
  The guy was just an envious insecure prick who wanted what his British family had.
  
  The Kaiser may have been responsible for Germany's involvement in WW1 and had the power to stop the war from firing, but he most certainly did not start the war. That was Austria Hungary wanting revenge on a nation guarenteed by Russia, and while Austria did push too hard to be frank they had reason to be angry.
  To say that WW1 was all because of the Kaiser's ego is disingenuous at best. >
  
  Austria_Hungary may have wanted revenge for their prince dieing, but they most certainly did not start the war.  That was Serbia when they funded a group of assassins to kill the crown prince of Austria-Hungary. Man playing the blame game is fun. In reality every european empire is responsible for starting WW1 as it was a dick measuring contest amongst kings