Competition Between 1914 And 1914

However, underneath the progress lay forces that increased the rivalries between European powers. Industrialization allowed the building of vast, heavily armed, militaries. Competition for the possession of colonies as markets for industrial goods caused conflict among European nations. Nationalism drove competition between European powers and sowed disunity within countries and empires. To protect themselves against enemies, European nations entangled themselves in secret alliances. Each nation had several others pledged to support it should it go to war. Between militarism, alliances, imperialism and nationalism, by 1914, Europe was a bomb waiting for the spark that would cause it to