France had been planning an invasion of Germany after France's humiliating defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. In the words of French General Philippe Pertain "The people of France shall not be satisfied until Germany tastes what we have been fed for decades: defeat." The French merely needed the opportunity to invade, and when Serbia invaded Austria France saw their opportunity and ordered the mobilisation of their forces. Germany ordered a lukewarm response however was not prepared for France's bitterness, which had been deceptively played down by French Foreign Minister Theophile Delcassé.
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