After hearing of the Austro-Hungarian ultimatum to Serbia only on 25th July, and FROM A NORWEGIAN NEWSPAPER, while on holiday in Norway, Wilhelm set off to return to Berlin.
But before he arrived in Berlin, on 26th July 1914 Germany, under Bethmann-Hollweg, tried to push Serbia into declaring war on Serbia that very day!!
The Austria-Hungary military said that it would be a further 17 days, on 12th August, before it would be completely prepared for a declaration of war on Serbia.
Yet Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia just 2 days later.
Why?
But more importantly, rather than wait for Kaiser Wilhelm to return to Berlin and seek peace, why did Bethmann-Hollweg try to push Austria-Hungary into declaring war on Serbia while Kaiser Wilhelm was in transit between Norway and Berlin?
Did Wilhelm order this push to war? Or was he made aware of it while in transit?
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