There were few valid reasons for the start of WW1. The reasons I am about to explain to you are IMPERIALISM‚ MILITARISM and ALLIANCES. WW1 started because the greed of other countries. Imperialism started to be a big factor in 1848 because a new‚ very big and very strong country called Germany was made. It was made up of Prussia‚ Oldenburg‚ Schaunburg-Lippe‚ Mecklenburg-sterhitz‚ Hessen‚ Hohenzollern and Waldeck. A few days after they became Germany‚ they attacked France and conquered some
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Analyse the Causes of WW1 There were a number of causes that played a key role for WW1; however the most significant was The Alliance System due to the fact that it had the most direct impact on the war. In this essay I will explain how this specific historical event was the main cause of WW1. On top of that I will talk about how the other causes effected the decisions made and their impact at the time. The Alliance System was the most significant cause of WW1 due to the fact that all the great
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communist party general secretary. He created the totalitarian states and believed in communism. 2. F.D. Roosevelt: American President during the Depression. Created New Deal. 3. Adolf Hitler: turns Germany into totalitarian state; has brutal tactics to eliminate enemies; believes that Germany needs lebensraum‚ or living space; invades other countries to have more land; develops Nazism. Leader of the Nazis. 4. Dawes: 5. Benito Mussolini: II Duce. Takes control in
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The Arms Race leading up to WW1 The great war of 1914 was one of the bloodiest conflicts modern man has yet experienced. Its consequences reached far from the battlefield and into the towns‚ homes and families of the soldiers. There are many arguable points one could debate regarding the origins of WW1 but much guilt resides on the part of the arms race. An arms race can best be described as one country adding a portion to its military then a neighboring country
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standing and unspoken alliances and tensions that dated back to 1880. The first main alliance was the Triple alliance composed of Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and Italy. The second association was made up by France‚ Great Britain‚ and Russia and were known as the Triple entente. These alliances may have been one cause of the outbreak of WW1. Therefore the underlying causes of WW1 were militarism‚ alliances‚ and imperialism. Militarism is defined as “a belief or desire that a government or people should
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and dependencies. Numerous other states joined these allies‚ most notably Italy in April‚ 1915‚ and the United States in April‚ 1917. The Central Powers‚ so named because of their central location on the European continent‚ initially consisted of Germany and Austria-Hungary and their associated empires. The Ottoman Empire joined the Central Powers in October‚ 1914‚ followed a year later by Bulgaria. By the conclusion of the war‚ only The Netherlands‚ Switzerland‚ Spain and the Scandinavian nations
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Versailles was signed and it was also the shadow of the Russian Revolution. There were three very important politicians that led this all. They were David Lloyd George‚ Georges Clemenceau and Woodrow Wilson. Most of them wanted to see the destruction of Germany but some like Lloyd George‚ were more cautious. There is some truth to the fact that opposition forces helped to defeat the treaty‚ but over all it was Wilson’s stubbornness that led to its defeat in the Senate. Wilson’s righteous views of his efforts
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America & Germany By Fernando G Lorenzo America never wanted to participate in World War 1‚ in fact in August 1914 when the war broke out in Europe; President Woodrow Wilson issued a declaration of neutrality. Preferring to remain isolated from the war‚ America tried to broker peace between the allies and the axis‚ the war was in Europe; America did not need to get involved. On May 7th 1915‚ German U-boats‚ patrolling in the Atlantic Ocean‚ fired torpedos at the British passenger ship Lusitania
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when Serbia had war declared on them by Austria-Hungary. (Doc. 4) Now Europe had much tension as the battle line was drawn with Central Powers being Germany and Austria-Hungary on one side and Allies consisting of many nations like Great Britain‚ France‚ and Russia with Italy joining later. Italy had been a member of the Triple Alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary. However‚ the Italians joined the other side after accusing their former partners of unjustly starting the war. (Doc. 3) The
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organization in aggressive preparedness for war. In 1898‚ Germany began to build up it’s navy. Document 8 is a speech to the Reichstag from Prince Bernhard von Bulow on December 11 1899. He states‚ “... we realize that without power‚ without a strong army and a strong navy‚ there can be no welfare for us.” European military spending skyrocketed between 1900 and 1914. In 1870 the combined military spending of the six great powers (Great Britain‚ France‚ Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Russia and Italy) totalled 94
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