Analyze The Underlying Causes Of World War 1

This paper focuses on the underlying causes of world war I instead of just immediate causes. In this article, I will answer the question what were the underlying causes of world war I. ("DBQ: What Were the Underlying ...", 2010, p. Doc 1) Some of these causes consist of militarism, nationalism, and imperialism. The immediate causes of the war were the ones that set it off but the underlying causes are the ones that had been building up over time. ("DBQ: What Were the Underlying ...", 2010, p. Doc 1)

World War I, also known as the first World War, or the Great War, was a global war originating in Europe the began on the 28th of July 1914 and lasted until the 11th of November 1918. World War I was a war that was fought between two sides with a few of the World’s greatest Nations of that time. The two sides were Triple Entente which included Britain, France, and Russia, and the Triple Alliance which was consisted of the countries Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. World War I left a mark on history as we know it, what could have possibly led to that war?, What were the underlying causes of World War I?. The major causes of “The Great War” or WWI consist of four long-term causes and one short-term cause. The common acronym that’s used for the four long-term causes to help students remember the causes of WWI is M.A.I.N; the acronym stands for Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism,and the short-term cause The Assassination of the ArchDuke Franz Ferdinand at Sarajevo on the 28th of June 1914. To put all of this in a simpler way the five major causes of WWI was Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism, and the assassination of the ArchDuke Franz Ferdinand. Each of topics played a significant role in the reasons why WWI would begin.

     World War I was the result of leaders' aggression towards other countries which was supported by the rising nationalism of the European nations. Economic and imperial competition and fear of war prompted military alliances and an arms race, which further escalated the tension contributing to the outbreak of war. One cause of the World War was militarism, which is a policy in which military preparedness is of primary significance to a situation. Another cause of the World War was nationalism. Nationalism is the pride and devotion form one towards his/her country. It played a great part in the causes of World War 1 because citizens wanted to stand up for their country, and fight for them. The third

World War I, a war that started out locally in Europe between Austria-Hungary and Serbia that later ended up including thirty two different nations. This war has been around for almost a century and yet the causes of it are still being debated. There are many different scenarios that have been considered. Some of the key reasons that were believed to have instigated WWI were nationalism, imperialism, militarism, and an arrangement of treaties. Also the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was believed to be one of the immediate causes.

Great War, also known as The First World War, lasted for four year (1914 to 1918). It brought a huge development of war technics and weapons. More number of countries had been involved in the Great War than any previous war. It involved the mobilization of the whole nations, not just an enormous army that turned the war into a “total war”. (Clare 6) However, historians are still arguing about the major cause of the World War I. The major cause will be one of the four long-term causes of WWI, which are Militarism, Alliance, Imperialism, and Nationalism. In my opinion, the two major causes would be Alliance and Nationalism. Alliance is an association between two or more countries for mutual benefits that formed with different treaties, while

As soldiers went away to war, waving at their family and friends goodbye hoping to see them on Christmas Day, instead were blown across a field, torso and head 50 feet apart. World War One, or the “War to End all Wars”, started when a Serbian terrorist assassinated ArchDuke of Austria Hungary, Franz Ferdinand, on June 28, 1914, which led to disputes and chain reactions of declarations of war between countries. Although this event was said to light the fuse, the big wires that were attached to the bomb consisted of alliances, militarism, and imperialism.

What actually started the war was the alliances between countries. Countries in Europe formed alliances with each other (e.g., Russia, Britain, and France in the Triple Entente and Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy in the Triple Alliance) (Doc A). The countries in the Entente all blamed Germany for the war and felt the need to intervene (Doc B). Germany was backing up Austria-Hungary and Russia was backing up Serbia whom were in a spat. Which lead to invasions and more friends of these countries joining the war to aide them.

World war one was a very big part of our history and the first time all the countries fought. There was 4 main and big reasons of why this happened and those are, Militarism, Imperialism, Nationalism and Alliances. The one cause I think is the biggest or most influential was nationalism, which I hope to prove is right in this essay. Nationalism is something that we still fight with today to see who is the better country. Through this essay I hope to give you some reasons why I think this is the main reason the war broke out.

Lots of organs in the war are based on the desire of the Slavic peoples in Bosnia and Herzegovina that is not a part of Austro-Hungary instead of being in Serbia. So in this way, nationalism led to the war, and Europe s in the begging of the war.

Before World War 1 began there were many conflicts between many countries, these conflicts are what eventually led to the war. Nationalism lead to World War 1 for reasons people believed they needed to fight for their country, many people who weren’t fighting wanted to support their soldiers, and many soldiers felt as if they couldn’t back out of the war. Militarism was a cause because each country was building up their weapons and ammunition, as well as building up their armies. Finally Kaiser Wilhelm II was a cause because he had a very strong hate towards Britain, he was a very aggressive leader and he wanted Germany to be the number one country. Nationalism, militarism and Kaiser Wilhelm II were the three main causes of World War 1.

The most significant indirect cause of World War One was the sophisticated alliance system that was in place prior to the outbreak of the war. By 1914, the major powers of Europe were divided into two alliance blocs. The Triple Alliance was a secret agreement established between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy in 1882. Bismarck allied with Austria-Hungary in 1879 as he was apprehensive of Russia attacking Germany leading to an anti-Russian sentiment. Italy joined in 1882 with a desire to expand its overseas empire and gain protection from France. However, the alliance was now directed against France. The Alliance agreement declared it was 'essentially defensive and conservative.' In 1907, their opposition the Triple Entente was formed between

This question has formed part of the historiography of the causes of the First World War, a historical debate that has endured ever since the conflict ended. It periodically resurfaces with new theories being advanced such as the Fischer thesis, usually on account of the release of previously unseen documents or because of a shift in the political climate. It has emerged to the fore once again because this year is the centennial of the war’s outbreak and there are plans to commemorate it nationally across the UK.

The war was cause by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand at Sarajevo. It was said to be the spark of the outbreak in world war one. The archduke went to Sarajevo inspect the imperial armed forces in Bosnia. Princip the nationalist at the time wasn't do much but when saw an opportunity shoot into the car shooting both Franz Ferdinand and his wife. Austria-Hungary wanted an apology and their military to cross over in search for the black hand member name Gavrilo Princip. Austria Hungary wasn´t too happy with Serbia and declared war on them.

In 1914 the First World War started and created one of the most devastating events in the world killing more than 17 million people. The main causes of World War One was imperialism and nationalism as it was the significant amount of tension, pride and greed to be the most powerful that compelled the Superpowers to fight. Imperialism was an extremely significant ongoing factor that erupted the start of World War One as it pressured the tension between the two superpowers to try to eradicate each other to establish and maintain the superiority and dominance of their empire. Nationalism was crucially fundamental in causing the war, as it was the pride and greed of power for one’s country that released the tension of the alliances to battle against each other in tribute of their country. Furthermore militarism was moderately important as it created more possibility of hostility to attack other countries and empires an enabled more tension and pressure to expand on army, navy and weapons. In addition the arrangement of the alliances was somewhat significant as it allocated Europe and split countries apart to make vile enemies and act more intrusive on the non-alliances.

World war 1 which is also known as The War to End All Wars and the Great War began on July 28 1914.In this essay I’m going to talk about what triggered World War 1,the important stakeholders involved in it, the weapons developed and used, the major events that took place, how it ended, who won and the propaganda techniques, which were involved in World War 1.