...World War I began July 28, 1914, after years of escalation towards a global war. It was known as the war to end all wars. What was intended to be a short war became a world wide conflict. On one side there was the triple entente, consisting of Russia, France, and Great Britain. On the other was Germany, Austria Hungary, and Italy. The other countries involved, including the United States and the Ottoman Empire were not on a side. There were many reasons the war occurred and historians still do not agree on each cause. Amounting World War I to one sole cause would be unjust and impossible. While Germany was forced to pay reparations after the war ended, and Germany did play a role in starting the war, there are a number of other causes which...
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...The Cause of World War One World War I began on July 28, 1914, and was fought between two sides. The Triple Alliance, which was Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Italy; against the Triple Ententes, which was Britain, France, and Russia. The war was fought for a total of four years, three months, and two weeks, and ended on November 11, 1918. Before the war took place, other wars such as the Crimean War, the Franco-Prussian War, and the Russo-Japanese War were going on. The four main causes of World War I were militarism, a strong pride in your military; alliances, the formal agreement of cooperation between countries; imperialism, the expansion of land through force or diplomacy; and nationalism, the pride and loyalty to one’s nation. The formation...
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...World war one sparked with the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and his wife, Sophie. Ferdinand was heir to the Austria-Hungary throne. The killer, a nineteen-years-old Bosnian Serb, Gavrilo Princip, was part of a Serbian terrorist group called “Young Bosnians”, in association with the “Black Hand”, a Serbian government terrorist movement. Few people foresaw that a cataclysmic world war would soon follow. After the assassination, Germany encouraged Austria-Hungary not to deal with the Serbs, but to crush them once and for all. (Serbia and Austria-Hungary had a past with a lot of tensions.) Germany guaranteed full military support, which is called a “blank check”. Sure of the German support, Austria-Hungary issued an Ultimatum of 48 hours to Serbia, who did not accept every demand. This became the excuse for a war that would plunge Europe into darkness. In less than five weeks, a full-scale war broke out, caused by a domino effect and the mobilizations ways. Every country could move their army in a matter of hours and days, given the speed that railroads made possible. The domino effect first started when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia in attempt to solve its problems in the Balkans, and Germany encouraged this aggression as part of their own personal plan to control Central Europe. Russia mobilized to support its ally Serbia and extend its own influence. France mobilized to fulfill the terms of its alliance with Russia and get revenged on...
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...There were many events that lead to World War One however there were four causes that were the ultimate factors, these were nationalism, imperialism, militarism and alliance systems. Each cause did not single-handedly cause the war but it was the combination of these factors that ultimately led to the war, a war that would change the world forever. Undoubtedly one of the major causes of WWI was nationalism and it truly fuelled the hatred between European countries. In the years prior to the war many Europeans cherished a firm belief in the cultural, economic and military supremacy of their nation. Nationalism assured citizens of the moral integrity of their nation and in contrast demoralised rival nations. It insured citizens that in the...
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...World War I was not the result of one act but multiple acts that that led to problems. There were many problems that grew and got worse before the war started. The major cause was the death of Franz Ferdinand. Even though this was not the immediate cause of the war, it led to bigger problems that grew on each other. This was the biggest and well known cause, but there were many little causes that fired up a need for a war. The distinct classes, the idea of nationalism, the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, and the alliances between countries would eventually lead to a war that would change the world forever. First of all there were five main powers that led into World War I. There was Russia, Germany, France, Great Britain, and Austria-Hungary. These were all led...
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...The political causes of World War 2 World War 2, famously known as the most devastating war, had causes dating back to WWI as well as,pre . Some people refereed it because of the Treaty of Versailles which most of the people agreed one that it was too unfair for Germany and that their anger was going to appear sooner or later. The people thought it will create fascism. Some historians saw that the failure of The League of Nations was also another factor. The Treaty of Versailles was the origin of all the problems that occurred to ignite the WWII. The treaty of Versailles was originally done to spread peace between countries and cool down the aggression that was spreading all over Europe. The treaty was believed to be an agreement between the winning sides of World War 1 powers. They were meeting up to decide what they were going to do with the losing allies of the war. They were mainly Germany and Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire. It was supposed to make Germany literally a neutral country because of all the power it was abusing which was beginning to affect the whole balance of power in Europe. The power that Germany was beginning to acquire was going to have a negative effect on all the European countries that had power and didn’t want it to be loosened at all. As with Germany rising to more and more powerful state, that would mean they would have to start powering up their armies which will cost them more money that they didn’t have at the moment...
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...Syed Izaan Hasan Jafri 18090015 Dr. Waqar Zaidi HIST 124 April 19, 2014 Word Count: 2083 The main cause of World War 1 that is sold is to the masses is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. We are told that he was the linchpin that was keeping Europe from breaking out into a monstrous war and that his assassination had a domino effect which eventually sparked World War 1. But to be brutally honest, it is not clever to narrow down the cause or rather causes of World War 1 simply to one event. One must admit however that on paper, this reasoning does appear rather sound. On June 28, 1914, a group of conspirators from the revolutionary movement called Mlada Bosna (‘Young Bosnia’) carried out the assassination of the Austro-Hungarian heir namely, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife while they were visiting Sarajevo. By birth, the assassins were Serbs which resulted in Austria’s monarchy to blame Serbia. The event triggered the course of events that directly led to the outbreak of World War 1. But one has to remember, it did not directly cause it. Austria-Hungary just needed an excuse to attack and eliminate the ‘Serbian’ threat which they had wanted to do for quite some time and when the assassination occurred, they finally had one. But to achieve a greater understanding of the reasons and causes of World War 1, one has to acquaint themselves with Europe’s situation in the late 1800s and the early 1900s. During these times, imperialism, militarism and nationalism...
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...How the European Alliance Helped Cause World War 1 Historians have spent many years analyzing the origins of World War 1. Many factors are considered by historians when asked this question; nationalism, imperialism, militarism, etc. However all of these factors are influenced and tied together by the alliance system in place at the time tensions in the Balkans erupted. In this time period the Ottoman Empire had lost much of its control and power in the corridor to Europe. Many of the leading nations of Europe sought to emplace their influence in this region to serve as an economical attributor to its powerbase. With land being the primary means of travel between the East and West, having control of the corridor would be extremely favorable for any leading power to impose taxes, control the flow of goods, and serve as a barrier against future invaders. Before 1914 the five Great Powers; Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia controlled Europe. In order to avoid conflict early on, the major powers went through great lengths to maintain a balance of power constructed from a complex network of political and military alliances throughout the continent. Germany was the chief orchestrator of these alliances when is first made a secret alliance with Austria-Hungary in 1879 (Duffy, "The Causes of World War One"). Three years later Italy joined this “Dual Alliance” to form the Triple Alliance because it was annoyed with France for stopping its plans to colonize...
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...World War 1 (WW1), from 1914 and 1918, and World War 2 (WW2), which occurred between 1939 and 1945, were two significant battles known to almost all Americans today. These wars were caused by several factors, in which some are alike and some are different. Their causes differ in that one of World War 1’s reasons for war included the German U-boats sinking the Lusitania. On the other hand, one different cause of World War 2 was the Treaty of Versailles. Both wars are alike in that they both were caused due to militarism, imperialism, and nationalism. In analyzing the causes of both wars, it’s crucial to know that there were similarities and differences because of their time periods of occurrence (for different events happening) as well as the...
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...World War 1 erupted in 1914. World War 1 had many countries involved but not all of them entered at the same time. There were three sides to choose from at the beginning of World War 1. One option was the Central Powers which included Germany, and Austria-Hungary, and were later joined by Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire who were neutral at first then joined the Central Powers. There were the Allies which were made up of Ireland, Great Britain, France, Belgium, Russia, Montenegro, and Serbia. The Allies were later joined with Portugal, Italy, Greece, and Romania who left the Neutral nations. The Neutral nations were made up of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Switzerland, Albania, and Spain. There were many causes for the outbreak of World War 1. One cause of World War 1 was militarism. Militarism is the glorification of one countries military. Many countries were getting this militarism idea because they dreamed of war being glorious. Many young men dreamed of walking down the streets playing there trumpets along with the rest of the military and having people cheer for them as they marched by. Many people would soon find out that war is not good. Another thing that goes along with militarism and the outbreak for World War 1 was the arms race. Many countries wanted to have the best armies and navies with the best weapons. The worst competition was the naval rivalry between Britain and Germany. To protect it's vast overseas empire, Britain had built the world's most respected...
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...30318083 Pg 1 Causes of World War 1 The First World War occurred between July 1914, and November 11, 1918. The official starting date of the War is listed as the 4th of August 1914, when Britain declared war on Germany. The War ended with Germany signing the Treaty of Versailles, a peace treaty that acknowledged Germany as the main perpetrator of the War. The end of the War would see over seventeen million people killed, including over sixty-‐two thousand Australian soldiers. The main reasons as to why war erupted is a very complex matter much more complicated than just a simple list of causes. Although there was a chain of events that directly and inevitably led to the fighting itself, the actual original causes of the War are much more profound, and are still a part of continued debates and discussions today. The First World War saw causes such as imperialism...
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...Thesis statement: Germany should not be alone blamed for the World War I, because the major cause of World War I is imperialism and nationalism. Also Austro-Hungary physically started the war, while other leaders of major power knew the war would break out, but nobody did anything to stop it. The World War I was one of the most horrific event in the world history. It led to the fallen of four great imperialist empires such as Germany, Russia, Austro-Hungary, and Turkey. In four years, “the war costed over 15 million people dead” (White 1). It also planted the seed of the World War II. Even though the World War I was ended about a century ago, but it is still a fascinating subject for modern historians to debate. Especially, the question that...
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...Causes and Effects of World War 1 World War 1 also known a the First World War or the War to End all Wars, was a world conflict lasting from 1914 to 1919 with the fighting lasting until1918. The war was fought by the Allies on one side, and the Central Powers on the other. No previous conflict had mobilised so many soldiers or involved so many in the field of battle. By its end, the war had become the second bloodiest conflict in recorded history. More than 9 million people died on the battlefield, and nearly that many more on the home fronts because of food shortages, genocide and ground combat. To set the stage for World War 1, many countries had agreed to alliances between the years of 1879 and 1914. First, Germany and Austria-Hungary made an alliance designed to protect themselves from Russia in 1879, then Austria-Hungary with Serbia and Germany, Britain with Russia and Russia with France. So by the time World War 1 started most of the European countries were sworn to fight for each-other and as a result, all of them had to take part in the war. As a consequence of imperialism, countries were becoming increasingly effective in acquiring materials, processing them, and selling them as goods. For this reason, many countries, especially in Europe need more land from which they can gain resources. Another aspect causing World War 1-militarism. Due to the earlier mentioned alliances, European countries felt that they need better military and battlefield, as a result...
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...World War 1 was caused by many events and this is what makes it difficult to figure out what the main cause was. The acronym MAIN stands for Militarism, Alliance System, Imperialism and Nationalism. Europe can be seen as a bottle of Diet Coke and you can look at the assignation of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand as a piece of Mentos. We all know what happens when you bring those two harmless substances together. Though all four of these causes play a key part in WW1 I believe that the most important cause was Alliance System because if not for all the alliances the bottle of diet coke would be just be an empty bottle. Militarism is defined as the building of a nation’s army, navy, soldiers and military forces. From the year 1870 up until the start of World War 1 both France and Germany had doubled their armed forces. Britain and Germany were in competition to build the biggest and best navy. It was said that “Whichever country ruled the waves could rule the world”. This meant that the nation with the largest navy had the fastest and easiest form of transportation at the time and could get colonies more easily. This also caused technology to increase rapidly. Another event that pushed militarism was the conscription laws. During this time most of the countries in Europe except Great Britain had conscription laws. This meant that by law men that were 18 or older were forced to join the army. As all the armed forces of Europe were growing the empty bottle was starting getting...
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...World War 1, also known as The Great War, occurred during the early 20th century. About 9 million souls were killed during battle; probably due to their newest war tactic, trenches. Another 13 million lives were lost because of the epidemics of Influenza and multiple other horrible diseases. This time period was filled with many casualties and tragic experiences. What could have caused such a devastating war to begin? There are countless different arguments about what created World War 1 to begin. However, the three main causes or World War 1 include militarism, nationalism, and alliances. Militarism was very much present in Europe at the time. Going off to war was looked at with a whole different perspective than we do today. Militarism allowed the military to have a better grasp on the civilians. Usually an army supports a state. In this case, the state supported the army. Militarism was taught in schools and was basically a way of society. Ruther Hiller grew up as a Jew around the time of the First World War. She soon figured out that seeing military tanks rolling down the street was casual. Also, she was invited to her friend’s party who had just had a baby boy. The grandfather of the child says, “Mazel Tov, another soldier is born to Israel. It is so sad to think that an 8 day old son is already destined to fight...
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