World War 1 Dbq Analysis

World war one was a war that created new ways to fight and new countries to develop, but what really needs to be addressed is what caused all this happen. With militarism, imperialism, and alliances came the two other indirect factors, which were threats and tension. Mobilization in countries increased tension and threats throughout the world. Tension had been developing over the years between different countries and this war had come to settle it. Major European nations were the start of this all. The increased tension in these nations was a big indication that there was going to be a war.
Although Count Brockdorff-Rantzau, the German delegation leader believed that Germany was not at all responsible for world war one, the Treaty of Versailles take it that Germany is the one responsible for this war due to their loss(Doc.4). At the delegation to the Versailles Peace Conference the German delegation leader had protested that one of the causes of this war was imperialism. The method of imperialism added to the threat to other countries because of its policies of retaliation and expansion(Doc.5). As a result of there being an expansion throughout European nations, mobilization occurred. Mobilization lead to militarism adding to the factors of tension and threats. While, both the
Due to the fact that the alliance system was an agreement of great powers, this was a big threat to other countries. As well as, something that increased tension throughout the world. Three large European powers, which also happened to be part of the alliance system, had increased the amount of money spent on weapons(Doc.1). An increase in weapons meant an increase in tension which meant a higher chance of war. The alliance system had its perks but one of its disadvantages was that if any two counties had a conflict then their allies would all have to join in and potentially start a