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Austria-Hungary is most responsible for the outbreak of the First World War. The reason for this is because they did not understand the situation correctly. After the assassination of the archduke, Germany responded with a Blank Cheque that promised they would have their full support for Austria-Hungary if they decided to declare war. This made Austria-Hungary confident and gave them a chance for revenge. This was the root of Austria-Hungary's motive of continuing the issue with Serbia. Austria-Hungary then asked Serbia to hand over all their terrorists or else they would face a war. Serbia was confused about this and sent a letter back to them for clarification. Austria-Hungary took Serbia's reply as a rejection and declared war on July 28th,

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