Why did Germany want WW1 to happen?
Germany, the growing power of middle Europe, was wary of the renewed strength of France and of its alliance with the Russians, threatening the German empire on both sides, and thought it was now while it was still the strongest or never be able to get rid of that double threat. And on the way it intended to snip off some of the best industries of France (metal and coal in the north) and ask for another huge ransom and ruin France for another few years, destroying that annoying new industrial power. Next door the Austria -Hungarian empire was running into trouble, and the bigger trouble makers were the Serbs who were agitating and making a lot of trouble in the whole empire. So when they had the opportunity they turned on the Serbs. Austria knew its power was weakening steadily and thought this was now or lose its hold on central Europe forever. So both of them thought it was a good idea to ally. What neither expected was that the alliances would hold. That the British Empire would hold
