October 13, 1917Today I was thinking about how all this started. It could have been avoided, and we all tried, but our actions brought about the war instead of preventing it. Germany had formed an alliance with Italy and Austria-Hungary and when Franz Ferdinand was assassinated Germany insisted that Austria attack Serbia in order to crush the nationalist movement. When Austria went to war against Serbia the Russians came to the aid of the Serbs. Since we instructed Austria to be firm with the Serbs Germany had to declare war on Russia. Britain and France had formed an alliance with Russia so they were dragged into the war and waged war on us. Italy didn't join the war until 1915, when it joined the allies. It seems strange how a world war was brought about by pacifist intentions and now because of this I am out here on this wasteland fighting for my life. It doesn't make any sense.
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