History Homework Germanys Aggressive ac
History Homework
How far do you agree with the view that Germany’s aggressive actions were chiefly responsible for the outbreak of the First World War?
Source 1, written by Blackbourn agrees with the statement that Germany’s aggressive actions were responsible for the outbreak of war in 1914. L.F.C Turner also agrees with Blackbourn that the outbreak of the First World War was primarily down to Germany’s aggressive actions whereas Niall Ferguson disagrees with the statement and instead believes that Germany were relaxed before the outbreak of the First World War.
The outbreak of the First World War occurred in 1914 and there are many reasons for why the outbreak happened. Blackbourn writes that Germany “had done much to create international tension” and this implies that Germany were responsible for the outbreak of war as tensions were rising between countries in Europe due to the relations they had with several other countries. This had a knock on effect due to the Alliance system which was in place so that countries were protected by their allies. It meant that any sort of conflict between two countries escalated quickly due to the countries across Europe being locked into an alliance. The importance of the Alliance system can be reinforced by L.F.C Turner who writes “Bethmann pushed Austria into a premature declaration of war” which suggests that Germany were responsible because they gave Austria a Blank Cheque which was Germany giving Austria permission to attack Serbia stating that they would help aid their attack on Serbia as they wanted the war to happen sooner rather than later. This is because they knew Russia was growing stronger and they were feeling encircled by the Triple Entente which was the alliances between Britain, France and Russia and they clearly felt threatened due to where they are placed geographically. Bethmann also writes in the source that Germany “built a battle fleet aimed at the British” which implies that Germany was aggressive
How far do you agree with the view that Germany’s aggressive actions were chiefly responsible for the outbreak of the First World War?
Source 1, written by Blackbourn agrees with the statement that Germany’s aggressive actions were responsible for the outbreak of war in 1914. L.F.C Turner also agrees with Blackbourn that the outbreak of the First World War was primarily down to Germany’s aggressive actions whereas Niall Ferguson disagrees with the statement and instead believes that Germany were relaxed before the outbreak of the First World War.
The outbreak of the First World War occurred in 1914 and there are many reasons for why the outbreak happened. Blackbourn writes that Germany “had done much to create international tension” and this implies that Germany were responsible for the outbreak of war as tensions were rising between countries in Europe due to the relations they had with several other countries. This had a knock on effect due to the Alliance system which was in place so that countries were protected by their allies. It meant that any sort of conflict between two countries escalated quickly due to the countries across Europe being locked into an alliance. The importance of the Alliance system can be reinforced by L.F.C Turner who writes “Bethmann pushed Austria into a premature declaration of war” which suggests that Germany were responsible because they gave Austria a Blank Cheque which was Germany giving Austria permission to attack Serbia stating that they would help aid their attack on Serbia as they wanted the war to happen sooner rather than later. This is because they knew Russia was growing stronger and they were feeling encircled by the Triple Entente which was the alliances between Britain, France and Russia and they clearly felt threatened due to where they are placed geographically. Bethmann also writes in the source that Germany “built a battle fleet aimed at the British” which implies that Germany was aggressive