Cause of World War I World War I was called the “war to end all wars” or “the great war” but what caused this “ great war”? Most historians believe there are five main causes: Militarism‚ Alliances‚ Nationalism‚ Imperialism‚ and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Many people use the acronym “M. A. N. I. A.” to remember these causes. The immediate cause of World War I is the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand because a Serbian Black Hand member assassinated the Archduke‚ it made Austria-Hungary
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While there was a chain of events tat directly led to the fighting‚ the actual root causes are much deeper. The causes of World War One were alliances‚ Imperialism‚ Militarism and Nationalism. I will be going into the detail of these matters to explain the events that triggered the World War. Countries throughout Europe made defense agreements that would pull them into battle meaning‚ it one country was attacked‚ allied countries were bound to defend them. This was called alliances. At the
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HHIs7 Source based World war one‚ a great European war‚ nations conflicted and divided‚ aligning themselves with their own allies. World war one war one was a war not born from profound causes but triggered by a continents own insolence‚ competition and whom a nation was allied with. Each of the European nations had their own goals and motives as to why they did what they did. Some fought to preserve the interests that best served their nation‚ some fought to retaliate
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Causes of World War One On Sunday 28th June‚ 1914Franz Ferdinand‚ and his wife‚ were assassinated part of a Serbian Terrorist Group‚ called the Black Hand. This event and the tension between Europe was a trigger that set off declarations of war and resulted in the “Great War”. Tensions had been building up in Europe for decades through Nationalism‚ Imperialism‚ Militarism‚ and Alliances‚ and these tensions had reach such a point that an event was needed to break these tensions. This was the
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The Treaty of Versailles did more to harm the peace than support it because of reparations and imperialism. According to TCI‚ pg 318‚ “In addition‚ the treaty required Germany to pay $33 billion in reparations to the Allies. Reparations are payments demanded of a defeated nation by the victor in a war to offset the cost of the war. Germans resented both the war-guilt clause and the reparations‚ rightly fearing that the payments would cripple their economic recovery from the war.” This was a problem
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jews were the problem of the world. After that the germans thought the treaty of the versailles was unfair. Then‚ they thought they had to rebuild their military to make it better.Finally the axis power thought that they need to take the rhineland Next‚ there was responses to those ideas and aggression. The first thing to those responses when germany said they would take over the rhineland or Poland then France and Great Britain declared war on Germany.When the Germany was rebuilding their military
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The Treaty of Versailles which was implemented by the allies had a great effect on Germany. The European Allied Powers implemented this treaty which forced Germany to concede territories to Belgium‚ Czechoslovakia‚ and Poland. It also took away all overseas colonies and gave them to the League of Nations‚ demanded they remove military personnel from the Rhineland‚ and the most humiliating of all was Article 231. In Article 231 also known as the “War Guilt Clause”‚ it forced Germany to take full responsibility
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Causes of World War One There were many reasons why World War One broke out: imperialism was taken into effect‚ nationalism and unification of nations was very popular‚ alliances all over Europe were established and glorifying one’s military rapidly rose. World War One started in July of 1914‚ and lasted until November 1918. The primary cause of WW1 was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand; however‚ alliances developed prior to the war and the glorification in country’s military made
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others. When Hitler‚ Mussolini‚ and Emperor Hirohito began to tell their citizens their country and their race was the best‚ it puts those ideas in the citizens’ heads. Having all this propaganda force fed to them‚ they soon began to believe it. Ideologies are the most important cause of World War Two because they are centered around militarism‚ imperialism‚ and racism. According to the Causes of WWII packet‚ “Fascism… believes in neither the possibility nor lasting utility of perpetual peace….” This
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The pact of Versailles was fairly negative to Germany on the grounds that it destroyed their economy even more. The terms for the treaty had been for Germany to take responsibility for their actions. The treaty of Versailles called to take away German territories and colonies‚ reduce Germany’s armed forces‚ make them disarm and to also have them pay reparations to the allies for the damage caused by the war. Germany’s economy was already in a bad shape and the 6‚600 million pounds they had to pay
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