Why Did World War 1 Start

The Road to World War I The main reason why the First World War started was that Europe developed very rapidly. In the early of twentieth century in the world almost all areas were captured by capitalist powers. Germany in this period surpassed by the level of Industrial production throughout Europe; and there were very little colonies in Germany. Britain and France had very large colonies at that time, so very often the interests of these countries intersected. The First World War was the result of an exacerbation political and economic struggle between the major imperialist countries for markets and sources of raw materials for redivision of the already divided world. In the early twentieth century division of the world had been completed.
A special feature of the postwar world was the consolidation of positions of the winners in the international arena, full discrimination and infringement of the interests of the losers. For example, Germany completely lost right to possession of colonies and spheres of influence, as well as was subjected to marine and an economic blockade. Turkey and Bulgaria were under similar conditions. Austria-Hungary as a unified state ceased to exist. Countries winners, mainly the United States, Britain and France, secured with the help of this system its economic, political, and territorial leadership, which was expressed not only in the possibility of controlling colonies and spheres of influence in the other countries, but also the possibility of affecting in a certain way to the whole world order. In particular, the League of Nations was established, which was a tool to maintain the status quo in the system, and had the purpose of disarmament and the prevention of war, collective security, settling disputes between countries through diplomatic negotiations, as well as improving the quality of life on the