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''The German White Book'' (german: Das Deutsche Weißbuch) was a publication by the German government of 1914 documenting their claims for the causes of
World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
. B.W. Huebsch, ''The German Army in Belgium: The White Book of May 1915'' (1921). The full title was "''The German White Book about the outbreak of the German-Russian-French war''". An authorized English translation appeared in 1914. The book contained extracts of diplomatic material intended to portray the war's cause to other sources. Other combatants in the war published similar books: ''The Blue Book of Britain'', ''The Orange Book of Russia'', and the ''Yellow Book'' of France. The book comprised two sections: * "How Russia and Her Ruler Betrayed Germany's Confidence and Thereby Caused the European War" * "How the German-Franco Conflict Might have been Avoided" and an Appendix with communications between Prince Lichnowsky and
Sir Edward Grey Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, (25 April 1862 – 7 September 1933), better known as Sir Edward Grey, was a British Liberal statesman and the main force behind British foreign policy in the era of the First World War. An adhe ...
. In a report for the parliamentary investigative committee on the question of Germany's guilt in triggering World War I,
Hermann Kantorowicz Hermann Ulrich Kantorowicz (18 November 1877, Posen, German Empire – 12 February 1940, Cambridge) was a German jurist. He was a professor at Freiburg University (1923-1929), and a Visiting Professor, Columbia University (1927), as well as at ...
examined the ''White Book'' and reported that about 75 percent of the documents presented in it were falsified, with the goal of denying Germany's responsibility for the outbreak of World War I.


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Centre for the Study of the Causes of the War The Centre for the Study of the Causes of the War (in German: Zentralstelle zur Erforschung der Kriegsursachen) was a think tank based in Berlin, funded by the German government, whose sole purpose was to disseminate the official government positio ...
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Color books In diplomatic history, a colour book is an officially sanctioned collection of diplomatic correspondence and other documents published by a government for educational or political reasons, or to promote the government position on current or pas ...
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German entry into World War I Germany entered into World War I on August 1, 1914, when it declared war on Russia. In accordance with its war plan, it ignored Russia and moved first against France–declaring war on August 3 and sending its main armies through Belgium to captu ...
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Propaganda in World War I World War I was the first war in which mass media and propaganda played a significant role in keeping the people at home informed on what occurred at the battlefields. It was also the first war in which governments systematically produced propagan ...
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Causes of World War I The identification of the causes of World War I remains controversial. World War I began in the Balkans on July 28, 1914, and hostilities ended on November 11, 1918, leaving 17 million dead and 25 million wounded. Moreover, the Russian Civil ...


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Further reading

* * * * * * Horne, John, and Alan Kramer. ''German atrocities, 1914: a history of denial'' (Yale University Press, 2001). * Huebsch, B.W. ''The German Army in Belgium: The White Book of May 1915'' (1921). *


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Official translation in English
{{DEFAULTSORT:German White Book, The History books about World War I German non-fiction books Propaganda books and pamphlets 1914 non-fiction books Government reports Diplomatic correspondence