! . For the REAL reason for WW1 See Blackadders theory in "Blackadder Goes Forth!" BBC 1989: . Private Baldrick : "No, the thing is: The way I see it, these days there's a war on, right? and, ages ago, there wasn't a war on, right? So, there must have been a moment when there not being a war on went away, right? and there being a war on came along. So, what I want to know is: How did we get from the one case of affairs to the other case of affairs?" . Captain Blackadder : Do you mean "How did the war start?" . Lieutenant George : "The war started because of the vile Hun and his villainous empire- building." . Captain Blackadder : "George, the British Empire at present covers a quarter of the globe, while the German Empire consists of a small sausage factory in Tanganiki. I hardly think that we can be entirely absolved of blame on the imperialistic front." . Lieutenant George : "Oh, no, sir, absolutely not." . [aside, ...