There were a number of reasons that all combined to cause the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. However‚ some causes had more of a significant impact than others on the outbreak of the Great War than others. The least significant cause of World War I was the arms race and economic rivalry between Germany and Britain. Prior to the war‚ Britain had the most valuable trade in the world because we were trading goods from all over the colonies. Germany was second best at the same time‚ being only £1
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known as World War 1. WW1 had been going on since June 28‚1914 to November 11‚1918. The two sides of the war were fought by the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance. The Triple Entente had consisted of Great Britain‚ France‚ and Russia. The Triple Alliance had consisted of Austria-Hungary‚ Germany‚ and Italy. WW1’s end was when the United States had joined the Triple Entente and sent thousands of fresh soldiers to Europe and destroyed Germany’s soldiers. There were many ways WW1 had started. A couple
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Gavrillo Princip caused World War I‚ many consider an increase in military Technology to also be the cause of World War I. Some of the Military Technology that might also be the cause are; the use of the Airplanes‚ Machine Guns‚ and the tanks. Long before the war began‚ the countries in these groups or alliances had made arrangements to work together and help one another if there was a war. So when war did break out in 1914‚ parts of Europe was already divided into two sides. Each of the countries involved
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1914‚ WW1 started and the alliance system was one of the main reasons for the outbreak. The first alliance was made in 1879‚ 35 years before the outbreak. It was between rising power Germany and the Austro-Hungarian empire. It was so Germany could think about attacking other countries to get more land. After that Italy joined forces with Germany and Hungary which led to the triple alliance being formed. Soon after‚ France and Russia met an agreement. This was vital and clever because if Germany invaded
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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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Why did Germany and its Allies Lose WW1? It can be argued that Germany and its allies faced a overwhelming war right from the start‚ but their desire to provoke and enter a war that involved the majority of Eastern Europe led them to being doomed right from the start. There are many factors that contributed to Germany and its allies’ loss of WW1; such as inefficient military decisions and plans like the Schlieffen Plan‚ and the lack of strength from Germany’s allies. But in the end it was the
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that was used‚ such as submarines‚ tanks‚ machine guns. It was estimated that in that four year time period there were 10 million deaths. When the Serbians assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife‚ Austria-Hungary viewed this as a threat. Germany decided to help out Austria-Hungary‚ and Russia was allies with Serbia‚ which meant Russia‚ had to help defend Serbia‚ and it became a much bigger deal which included the acronym M-A-I-N. Imperialism Imperialism is when a country increases their
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The causes of World War One and World War Two shared both differences and similarities‚ but I believe that overall there were more differences between the two. The social‚ political‚ and economic circumstances of the times varied‚ though at times correlated with each other‚ but there are extreme differences that help create a different atmosphere for each war. The assassination of Franz Ferdinand on the 28th June‚ 1914‚ precipitated WW1. He was shot by Gavrilo Princip‚ a member of the Black Hand
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Prime Minister Vittorio Orlando) met at the Paris Peace Conference to discuss what would happen to Germany considering the citizens plight. Britain was very eager to punish Germany‚ but Prime Minister David was worried that if they treated Germany harshly then it would result in chaos. Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau of France was a bit too keen on punishing Germany and wanted them to pay for all the damage they did in France and all the other countries. Italy just wanted extra land as a reward
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devastating event which occurred in 1939‚ from the strong minded politics to the poor economic welfare. Many factors contributed in the Great War‚ one being the Prussian Militarism which made Germany insanely powerful‚ secondly the great dictator Adolf hitter and lastly appeasement. For centuries the region of modern Germany was separated between over 300 small independent speaking German political units‚ which were rude by small princess. The Prussian militarism began with ’Frederick Welhem I’ the "Soldier
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