ocr: HISTORICAL OVERVIEW slow the Germans down. France needed a Western ally. The English, however, were in no hurry to commit one way or the other. It was gen- erally believed that they would assist the Belgians if the neutrality pact was violated. Hence the stage was set. All that was needed was something to trigger the avalanche. "Some damned foolish thing in the Balkans. I This would start the next war according to Bismarck. ("The Guns of August", B.Tuchman,nchil- lan Co.,1962) On June 28, 1914, a fanatic Serb assinated the Archduke Ferdinand, heir apparent to the Austrian throne. Austria, eage ...
(.png)
 (Disc Manufacturing).iso/d7/inttrm10.arc/OVERVW02.INT/OVERVW02.png)