The Archduke Franz Ferdinand: The Outbreak Of World War One

Despite the death of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand is seem as a signal of the beginning of World War One. The unification of the Germany and expansion of militarily power is the important factors for the outbreak of the war. Except the main factors, and there are many factors lead to the occurrence of the war. The first factor is that the growth of military power of Germany in the central Europe is challenged the traditional powerful countries in Europe, for example, Great Britain, France and Russia. The second factor is that international competition among European countries for colonies in Asia and Africa regions and economic markets for the raw material. The third factor is that naval rivalry between Great Britain and Germany. Since completed
the industrial revolution and the army reorganization in Germany, the government had changed the power balance between economic and military. Government focus on the militarily power than before. The fourth reason is that compete for territorial sovereignty between Austria-Hungary and Russia. The last factor is that the rise of nationalism (Militarism) in Germany.