The time before 1914 was a time of unrest and small fighting between countries. As a cause of industrialization‚ countries had had to find new markets which were often in other countries. To gain the markets‚ the country had to take over the land. This policy of conquering and ruling other lands is called imperialism. By 1900‚ Britain had control in over five continents and France had control of large portions of Africa as a result of imperialism and felt that their military could not be beat. Once
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Causes of World War 1 Vocab Term Definition Significance 1. Kaiser William II He was the emperor of Germany. He became emperor after his father died in March 1880‚ dismissing Bismarck from being chancellor of Germany. Kaiser William II is significant because he played a big role in the causes of WW1. He was very into making Germany powerful and to have Germany in “its rightful place in the sun”. Because of his very pro-Germany actions‚ it caused the other European powers to worry that
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In this Essay‚ I am going to explain the long and short causes of World War two. The war was caused by both long and short causes‚ From October 1929 an economy depression happened in America‚ it spread all around the world. Due to this million of people were throw away from the work and some of them starve to death. As this happened lot of people were angry and they turned to political extremists. After this In Germany and Italy‚ fascist dictators such as Hitler came to power and in Japan started
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To remember the four main causes of World War I (1914-1918) is to remember the acronym MAIN (Militarism‚ Alliances‚ Imperialism‚ and Nationalism). In the aspect of militarism‚ Britain had a large navy‚ which nations like Germany strived to have as well. Germany and France competed to build larger armies. It was an arms race‚ producing more weapons‚ larger military‚ and superior military technology. Unease between England and Germany led Europe’s nations to form alliances‚ coming to the other’s defense
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World War II was one of the most brutal wars in history. From 1939 to 1945‚ the Axis and Allies fought and many lives were lost. After World War I‚ the “war that was supposed to end all war”‚ many countries were at economic recession and no one was prepared for another war. But‚ unfortunately too many things built up which caused Britain and France to declare war on Germany. There were three main causes of WWII. The Treaty of Versailles was one main reason of World War II. It was a poorly written
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World War 1(WW1)‚ also known as the Great War‚ was one of if not the most horrifying of wars in history. Spanning for 4 years from 1914 to 1918 millions of soldiers were killed. A still debated question however is the cause of the Great War; two major worldly forces grinding against each other or a single bullet fired by a rebellious Bosnian Serb? The 28th of June 1914‚ the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was going to make a speech in Sarajevo‚ a Bosnian city under Austria-Hungary’s rule‚ where the Black
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statement two aspects of the war should be taken in consideration. During the First World War modern‚ heavier and weapons more lethal than ever before were used for the first time. Traditional weapons were redesigned‚ making each soldier deadlier than before. However old tactics going back to the 19th century were used to combat the enemies. The First World War is often referred to as "a 20th century war fought with 19th century tactics". It was the first "world" war in the true sense of the word
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Long Term Causes World war one is a case of one thing lead to another. Although the fuse to the war was lit it didn’t go off untill the assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. Now the countries didn’t have the best relations with each other‚ which was also another cause for the war. When Astria-Hungery declared war on Siberia on 28 July 1914 they didn’t count on Russia to come to Siberia’s aid. Both countries had allies that where bound by treaty to come and
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The basic causes of World War II were nationalistic tensions‚ unresolved issues‚ and resentments resulting from the First World War and the interwar period in Europe‚ plus the effects of the Great Depression in the 1930s. The culmination of events that led to the outbreak of war are generally understood to be the 1939 invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany and the 1937 invasion of the Republic of China by the Empire of Japan. These military aggressions were the decisions made by authoritarian ruling
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World War 1 and World War 2 were two devastating wars that took place in the early to mid 20th century. World War one being the battle between the Allied and Central Powers‚ and World war two being the battle between the Allied and Axis Powers. The spark that ignited World War One being the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The spark for World War Two being Germany’s assault on Poland. Thousands of young men were killed in the trenches and battlefields of these two conflicts and the world
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