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31. Why was Wilson so eager to get into

Sat Mar 6, 2021, 09:50 PM

Mar 2021

the war? What was in it for him or the US? Was he influenced by American industrialists who could make money from the sale of arms? But they could have done that without being in the war.

Not sure what you are referring to regarding the Prussian mythology. For sure, the Prussians were militaristic all the way back to the Teutonic Knights of the 13th century. But Hitler and the Nazi party got their start in Bavaria.

The militaristic nationalism going into WWI was stoked by Wilhelm II for years prior to that war. That's one reason why I said in the OP that the death of Wilhelm II's father was a turning point.

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