<P> Kaiser Wilhelm II came to share the views of the German General Staff and declared on 4 July that he was entirely for `` settling accounts with Serbia '' . He ordered the German ambassador in Vienna , Count Heinrich von Tschirschky , to stop advising restraint , writing that `` Tschirschky will be so good to drop this nonsense . We must finish with the Serbs , quickly . Now or never ! '' . In response , Tschirschky told the Austro - Hungarian government that next day that `` Germany would support the Monarchy through thick and thin , whatever action it decided to take against Serbia . The sooner Austria - Hungary struck , the better '' . On 5 July 1914 , Count Moltke , the Chief of the German General Staff , wrote that `` Austria must beat the Serbs '' . </P>
what was the aim of the german policy in july 1914
Germany would support the Monarchy through thick and thin , whatever action it decided to take against Serbia