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View Poll Results: Which side would you have joined in World War I?
Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria) 16 30.19%
Neither. 15 28.30%
Entente Powers (France, Britain, Italy, United States, Russia [until 1917]) 22 41.51%
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Old 02-13-08, 07:19 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by August
What was so illegal about it?
The British Admiralty, on 2 November 1914, declared the entire North Sea as a war zone. This was against international maritime law. The British also cried foul when Germany retorted by declaring all of the waters around Great Britian a war zone. Political pressure, most notably the potential entrance of the United States into the war, forced Germany to back down. This was less than fair, but that is war.
The butchering of civilians in the low lands by the Germans wasn't fair either. I would be allied just for that reason.
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