The underlying causes of World War One are a mix of militarism‚ alliances‚ imperialism‚ and nationalism. Militarism is the belief that a country should have a strong military and is prepared to use it to defend their country. Alliances in WWI put the Allies‚ Britain‚ France‚ Russia‚ Italy and the United States against the Central Powers‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Germany‚ Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire. Imperialism is when a country spreads its influences throughout another country through diplomacy or
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One cause of World War I was Militarism. Germany had an industrialized military and spent millions of dollars trying improve and prepare them for war. Many other countries seen this newfound competition and started to try and rebuild their armies and navy so they could keep up. With Germany’s new and improved army‚ they started to gain confidence and were convinced that they could win a war. Germany was very focused on utilizing their army. As soon as the war declared‚ Germany without a doubt didn’t
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The First World War officially began in August of 1914‚ when Austria declared war on Serbia and Russia on Austria then Germany on Russia until the whole continent almost became inevitably involved. But most historians suggest that the war began many years before that and it had been building up until it would finally break open and explode. The spark that set off and triggered the war was the assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife who were heir to the Austria-Hungarian Empire
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After the First World War had ceased on the 11th of November 1918‚ there were a lot of negotiations on the issue of how to sustain peace‚ and how to treat the Central Powers‚ which consisted namely of Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Turkey and Bulgaria. France wanted urgent reparation for the damages Germany had caused‚ and did not consider giving her a “mild punishment”‚ such as the one Britain had suggested. There are several important reasons as to why the Central Powers lost World War One. During this
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World War I is one of the most remembered wars in the history. There are many short and long-term causes that lead up to the war. Most important causes that contributed are the Bosnian Crisis‚ Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ and the secret alliances. First critical cause that contributed to the war is the Bosnian Crisis in 1908. There was tension between A-H and Russia as the Balkans was important to both of them. Austria annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina and an agitated Serbia looked
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What caused World War 1 In the source it talks about how nationalism was growing in Europe and how nationalism was the overall cause of World War 1 and how it impacted most of the other causes. I agree with nationalism being the main cause of World War 1 because of all the great powers of Europe trying to prove their dominance over each other. Nationalism made all the citizens of their country believe that their country had a better government and military strength than the other countries. This
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historians define a world war as “a war involving many nations of the world.” World War I‚ also known in Great Britain as “The Great War‚” had a tremendous financial and psychological impact on western civilization and the world. World War I marked the beginning of great technological achievements‚ which lead to the inventions and use of mustard gas‚ tanks‚ submarines‚ and airplane bombs. However‚ World War I merits the title “The Great War” because of its immediate and long-term causes‚ devastating
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Causes of World War 1 World War 1 was a major part of history and impacted many things. Lots of things were required to be done‚ with how it went on. Many of the colonies had their differences with one another. The Germans did not like that they were in between Russia and France‚ so they created an alliance with Austria-Hungary to try to reassure them. That did not end up working. Then Serbia decided to assassinate the Archduke of Austria and his family‚ hoping it would trigger a rebellion in the
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The Underlying Causes of WWI WWI--the battle of the world: Bulgaria‚ Ottoman Empire‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Germany‚ Russia‚ Belgium‚ Great Britain‚ Japan‚ Romania‚ China‚ and the United States. The nations were categorized as either Central Powers or Allies--the Central Powers included Bulgaria‚ the Ottoman Empire‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and Germany‚ while the Allies involved the other stated regions above. The war was caused by numerous underlying reasons: the fight for more land and security over each other
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Lesson 8.02: World War I: Causes and Alliances WWI Timeline: How did the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and the rise of Nationalism combine to spark WWI? The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and the rise of Nationalism combined to spark WW1 because Austria- Hungary‚ where he was from‚ declared war with Serbia‚ which are the people who killed him. I thought this was expected from Austria-Hungary. Especially back then if someone important was killed they would start a huge war over it‚ just
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