Germany's To Blame For World War I

The expansion during the Wilhelmine period in Germany and the sociopolitical factors of that time helped start a war that more than Germany alone were responsible for starting. This war, that started in 1914, came to be known the Great War and was later known as World War I. This war was a defining moment in German and world history as a whole. Although Germany was not solely responsible for starting the war, there were certain actions that Germany did to help lead to World War I.

World War I lasting approximately about four years from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 is one of the biggest and deadliest wars. This war consisted of lots of battles in the war between the Allies, Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States, and the Central Powers, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. There is a lot of conflict that goes around about who started World War I. In a way all countries is to blamed for starting the war but some more than others. Although in some ways Germany did not play a major role in causing World War I due to conflicts between Austria-Hungary and Serbia, to a great extent Germany should be blamed for World War I because of the alliances that was created and the attempt to add more countries in the war.

Over the last century, Germany has been solely held responsible for the outbreak of World War One in popular culture and by historians. Although German military expansion helped push Europe to war, it would be a biased explanation for a conflict that had intertwined many other nations and ideals. In reality, many other cultural and socio-political factors, both within and outside Imperial Germany, made contributions in starting the First World War.

WWi was a very difficult time and never necessarily was resolved until later in WWii. However it is misunderstood what was wrong to begin with. Germany and Austria in terms of relationship, were very close. They began militarism when other countries least anticipated. For two countries to make allies and begin a military build up is awfully suspicious and a serious threat to other nearby countries. Other countries will see the military build up and the expansion the country is undergoing which will only result in a serious backfire. If a neighboring country begins military build up and asks another country to do the same. Obviously they are anticipating a war. You would only need such backup in the event you

During this time Britain had control over five continents of land, while France controlled large portions of Africa. Germany was jealous of how much land the other country's had, making them very aggressive. The only other land Germany had was a small portion of Africa. Everyone wanted to have the most land, which made World War One a good way to take over new and better lands to settle in. (Croker

This plan allowed Germany to attack France and created a lot of anger between France and its allies and Germany and its allies. As Schlieffen said, "the Heart of France lies between Brussels and Paris." This was a huge military attack that shaped the war and many countries were astonished by this attack by armed forces that were growing many nations were seeing that Germany and other armies were a force to be reckoned with. This resulted in countries building up their armies in preparation to fight and hopefully win. While some may think that the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand is the main reason for why the war started, I disagree completely. That may have played a minimal part of the war, but it really only involved two countries. Militarism made a big impact on the war. Germany used its strong military to attack the weaker army, France. That resulted in France and other countries realizing that Germany was a force to be reckoned with, so some countries decided to build up their

German historian Fritz Fischer argues that Germany 's desire for world power was the reason that for the outbreak of WWI. Germany had plans for a war before the crisis that occurred during 1914 and used the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand as an excuse to put the plans into effect. Germany also encouraged Austria and its war plans to provoke a crisis in which it can solve the problem that Germany would face if they went to war. This problem is called "encirclement" and Germany would face this problem if it went to war with France and Russia. By having Austria doing so it would allow Germany to dominate and expand its territories. France and Russia signed a full military defensive alliance in 1892-1895 which allowed the possibility of a two-front war. With Germany 's geographical position being between these two great powers, it would cause Germany to lose the war at an instant. In addition to this, France felt bitterness towards the defeat of 1870-1871 and the taking

The blame for world war one rests on many shoulders, but it weighs heaviest on Gavrilo Princip, the man who assassinated Franz Ferdinand. It didn’t just affect Princip but, many others. A lot happened during World War 1 but not only did it change things before the war but it changed life after the first world war for everyone. Many people were involved in this war whether they wanted to be or not, no one had a choice. It affected men a lot but woman more, it changed every woman’s life and some for the better. The cause of World War 1 started with the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, this led to several armies and alliances nearly making the war mandatory.

war I was not most destructive and was not the first total war in history. World war I was a tragedy because did not accomplish anything except for creating social economic condition. In the 19th century, people created modern society that modern society most people agreed and most people of disagreed about economic term when people mass production and mass consumption. But People were ruled by European colonies, people wanted democracy. However, world war I was the blame for the war on Germany, which proven ruinous to Germany economic and destructive its political institution. Also, world war I was disaster for Russia because it facilitates the risk of Bolsheviks seized power. Russian two phrase revolution destroy whole empire(409). Therefore,

As Europe emerged out the nineteenth century the overwhelm spread of nationalism developed in a desperate attempt to claim cultural rights. It would be the previous chain events that led to impulsive decisions between the common man and military power. The bond of alliances and trust would be tested through miscommunication, political influences, and territorial. Although Germany’s motives might have seemed innocent on the brink of war they were highly responsible for the start of the Great War.

I believe that Germany is solely to blame for the outbreak of ww1 on July 28, 1914. I have many reasons to believe this. Because it decided to enter the war and forced others into war. It was greedy try to take land to expand its empire. It didn’t respect other countries wanting to be neutral. Finally, it just used Austria, Hungary and Serbia war to start war with many different countries.

Germany is responsible for 40% of the blame, because they were the ones that initiated the fighting with the Schlieffen Plan and the issued the “blank check” to Austria-Hungary. Germany was becoming the dominant power in central Europe, causing them to threaten the balance of power. Germany's industrialization potential was beginning to threaten France. This provoked the other countries to begin the war. Otto Von Bismarck wanted to avoid war, so he tried to isolate France diplomatically and created the triple alliance with Italy and Austria. However, Wilhelm II fired Bismarck, and Wilhelm II did not agree with the Bismarck's no war sentiment. This further shows that Germany was mostly responsible for WWI because Wilhelm II was the one who triggered

Germany was the initial cause of World War II due to their invasion of Poland. Britain and France declared war on Germany on September 1939. United States could and should have intervened sooner and their isolationists’ policies did not help the situation. Germany was crippled by the Treaty of Versailles and this led to Adolf Hitler rising to power. He stimulated the economy by building up the war machine and this led to the resurgence of Germany. Germany allied with Italy and Japan and began to attack Europe. Japan wanted to expand their empire

Their need for more land, which was considered power, made them paranoid and obsessive. Regardless of the other causes, Imperialism was the true underlying cause of WWI. In the chart adapted from Colin Nicolson’s The First World War, there is an obvious difference between the population of colonies of Germany and of France and Britain. Germany, only having 1,139,000 sq. miles, had the least of the three, and therefore had the least power in 1913. Because of this, Germany striked a deal with Austria-Hungary, forming an alliance, to form their needs as a nation. If Germany never felt they needed more power, they would’ve never made an alliance, and would’ve never started a war that would become out of control. They always needed power, and it was power that drove them to make alliances and fight back.

I personally think that it is irrelevant to blame just one singular country for the outbreak of world war one. In my opinion, the war erupted as a conflict between main European powers where guilt was almost equal. It was a battle for colonies, food sources, economic impact and markets.