What Was the Public Motive for Britain's Declaration of War

question 44

Multiple Choice

What was the public motive for Britain's declaration of war in 1914?

• A) the Austro-Hungarian attack on Serbia
• B) the threat posed by German submarines to the world's shipping lanes
• C) the German declaration of war on France; that activated the Anglo-French alliance
• D) the German invasion of neutral Belgium
• E) the Russian declaration of war on Germany, which required Britain to declare war by treaty

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