French entry into World War I | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-05-16

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00:02:13 1 Polarization of the main powers
00:05:14 2 Diplomatic background
00:12:38 2.1 Attitudes toward Germany
00:15:37 3 Main players
00:18:07 4 July crisis
00:26:43 5 Leaders
00:27:58 6 See also
00:29:05 7 Notes
00:29:14 8 Further reading
00:40:06 8.1 Historiography
00:42:37 8.2 Primary sources



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France entered World War I on  August 3, 1914, when Germany declared war. France played only a small part in the diplomatic crisis of July 1914–its top leaders were out of the country from July 15 to July 29, when most of the critical decisions were taken. Austria and Germany deliberately acted to prevent  the French and Russian leadership from communicating during the last week in July. But this made little difference as French policy in strong support of Russia had been locked in.  Germany realized that a war with Russia meant a war with France, and so its war plans called for an immediate attack on France – through Belgium – hoping for a quick victory before the slow-moving Russians could become a factor. France was a major military and diplomatic player before and after the July crisis, and every power paid close attention to its role.  Historian Joachim Remak says:

The nation that...can still be held least responsible for the outbreak of the war is France. This is so even if we bear in mind all the revisions of historical judgments, and all the  revisions of these revisions, to which we have now been treated....The French, in 1914, entered the war because they had no alternative. The Germans had attacked them. History can be very simple at  times.As the French ambassador to Germany (1907-1914) Jules Cambon worked hard to secure a friendly détente. He was frustrated by French leaders such as Raymond Poincaré, who decided Berlin was trying to weaken the Triple Entente of France, Russia and Britain,  and was not sincere in seeking peace.  The French consensus was that war was inevitable.