Why didn’t Britain ally Germany against France or even remain neutral with cordial relations in WWI

Re-compiled WW1 combat film capturing German and/or Austro-Hungarian soldiers killed by grenade shrapnel and retreating under relentless bombardment.

Unfathomably rare re-compiled combat film capturing German and/or Austro-Hungarian soldiers killed by grenade shrapnel and retreating under relentless bombardment.

Unfathomably rare re-compiled combat film capturing German and/or Austro-Hungarian soldiers killed by grenade shrapnel and retreating under relentless bombardment.

Unfathomably rare re-compiled combat film capturing German and/or Austro-Hungarian soldiers killed by grenade shrapnel and retreating under relentless bombardment.

Unfathomably rare re-compiled combat film capturing German and/or Austro-Hungarian soldiers killed by grenade shrapnel and retreating under relentless bombardment.

Partly restored, essentially unseen footage capturing German soldiers in Eastern Prussia having a lighthearted moment whilst drinking coffee. August/September, 1914.

Partly restored, essentially unseen footage capturing German soldiers in Eastern Prussia having a lighthearted moment whilst drinking coffee. August/September, 1914.

Partly restored, essentially unseen footage capturing German soldiers in Eastern Prussia having a lighthearted moment whilst drinking coffee. August/September, 1914.

Partly restored, essentially unseen footage capturing German soldiers in Eastern Prussia having a lighthearted moment whilst drinking coffee. August/September, 1914.

Emperor Karl and prince Otto

WWI was partly mechanized; look at these vehicles.

Partly restored, largely unseen footage capturing German soldiers moving through a trench somewhere in Galicia in late spring/early Summer 1915.

Partly restored, largely unseen footage capturing German soldiers moving through a trench somewhere in Galicia in late spring/early Summer 1915.

Partly restored, largely unseen footage capturing German soldiers moving through a trench somewhere in Galicia in late spring/early Summer 1915.

Partly restored, largely unseen footage capturing German soldiers moving through a trench somewhere in Galicia in late spring/early Summer 1915.

To Hell And Back | A groundbreaking cinematic documentary film presenting World War 1 from the German perspective using never-seen-before restored, colorized, and sound-reconstructed combat films | Coming 2027 - Link in comment section for more information.

To Hell And Back | A groundbreaking cinematic documentary film presenting World War 1 from the German perspective using never-seen-before restored, colorized, and sound-reconstructed combat films | Coming 2027 - Link in comment section for more information.

To Hell And Back - a cinematic World War 1 documentary film on Germany's perspective of the war coming in the following year. Link in comment section.

To Hell And Back - Cinematic World War 1 documentary film on Germany's perspective of the war coming in the following year. Link in comment section.

To Hell And Back - Cinematic World War 1 documentary film on Germany's perspective of the war coming in the following year. Link in comment section.

Photo of Pvt Joseph Bailey taken hours before he died at the Somme, July 1, 1916 (one of 20,000 dead that day). Bailey's face was used as an 'unknown' soldier in the BBC's Great War series until a Mrs. Elsie Shepherd recognized him as her father. Daily Herald Archive photo.

Gruesome battlefield film showing Austro-Hungarian machine gunners killed by the enemy shortly before the footage was taken.

Soldiers with anti-aircraft gun during a battle in the First World War.

German soldiers heading to the front lines during the Second Battle of the Aisne, 1917