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In August 1914 the British government had the option of neutrality - but still found there was little choice but to go to war.
Britain feared nothing more than a Europe dominated by a single power.
Although Britain was morally obliged to defend France and Russia through treaties signed in 1904 and 1907, she actually cited an 1839 guarantee of Belgian neutrality as her reason for declaring war on Germany on August 4, 1914.
Due to the tangle of alliances this meant Britain was not only fighting alongside France and Russia but was also at war with Austria-Hungary.
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Great Britain feared a Europe dominated by a single force and chose to meet the German Kaiser head on.
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