Britain Set the World on Fire to Stop a Single Train!!

Описание: The “Berlin–Baghdad” Railway: Did a Train Really Trigger WWI?

Most people learn the same story: World War I began because one man was assassinated in Sarajevo. A single gunshot, a chain reaction, and the world collapsed.

But there’s another theory—one that sounds almost too modern to be true.

What if the real spark wasn’t a bullet… but a railway line?

In the early 1900s, Germany launched a massive project with a bold goal: build a direct rail connection from Berlin to Baghdad—straight toward the Persian Gulf. On paper, it looked like infrastructure. In practice, it looked like a new world order.

For Germany, this railway wasn’t just steel and stations. It was an economic shortcut. A way to move goods, influence, and eventually oil—without relying on sea power. Most importantly, it offered a path around the British-controlled choke point of the era: the Suez Canal.

For the British Empire, that wasn’t competition. It was a strategic nightmare.

Because if that route became real, Britain’s dominance over global trade lanes—and its lifeline to India—could be weakened without a single battleship firing a shot. A train could do what a navy couldn’t: shift the balance quietly, permanently, and cheaply.

In this video, we dive into what historians sometimes call the “Railway Thesis” of the Great War: the idea that the Berlin–Baghdad Railway created panic in London and helped push Britain into alliances it had avoided for generations. Not out of idealism—but out of containment.

And we ask the uncomfortable question:

What if World War I wasn’t fought for “freedom” the way it’s often packaged…

What if it was fought to stop a train?




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