How Did Germany Cause War

The Schlieffen Plan was a German battle plan to fight a two front war devised in 1905 by Alfred von Schlieffen as the Chief of the General Staff for Germany. The plan called for the German army to apply overwhelming force in France to capture the capital of Paris within six weeks before changing focus to Russia. The plan intended to achieve a quick and decisive victory by sweeping a line of armies through neutral Belgium and into France. In actuality, Helmuth von Moltke made significant changes to Schlieffen’s original plan before and during World War I. Ultimately, the plan ended in failure when the German advance halted at the First Battle of the Marne (Limbach, 2014).

In this essay I will be explaining three reasons on how WW2 started. The question I used for this research was; what caused WW2? The reasons that I chose was; 1. How the treaty of Versailles caused WW2, 2. How fascism caused the war and 3. How Hitler caused WW2.

At the end of World War I, the sole responsibility of initiating the conflict fell on Germany. With the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany took the blame and agreed to pay for reparations. However, the origin of the war was not the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Rather, the origins were nationalism, the creation of entangling alliances, the conflict in the Balkans, and the economic and imperialistic rivalries in Europe. These factors created the right conditions for war to occur. However, the responsibility of initiating conflict can be placed on Austria-Hungary.

When Germany declared war on Russia in 1914, they also had their own military plan, which called for a two front war with France and Russia. It was called The Schlieffen Plan and was developed by General Alfred von Schlieffen in 1903 but was revised in December of 1905. At this time, he was chief of the German General Staff, and Europe was separated into the Triple Alliance, which consisted of Germany, Austria, and Italy, on one side and the Triple Entente, which consisted of Great Britain, France, and Russia, on the other. Schlieffen was sought out by the Kaiser in order to construct an arrangement that would allow Germany to

Adolf Hitler almost ruined civilization for the whole entire world (online, World Book). Adolf Hitler played a big role in the WW II. He hated Jews so much that he wanted to kill every single Jew in the world. This made him take action to see this wish come true. Adolf Hitler was a powerful leader and was significant in starting World War II.

Hitler was taking over causing world war 2. Hitler wanted to look good so he made the Kinder transport. The Kinder transport was just for kids to 17 and under. Hitler made the kinder transport were you have to pay to get in. The kids had to leave there parents behind knowing that the children may never get to see there parents again.

Hitler became a title of power, and came up with a German Empire called "The Third Reach" He wanted to give people "living space" and have a limited race. (He wanted less people) To start this "movement" he took Germany out of the League of Nations, he knew he had to break a treaty and cross the territory of Rhineland and invade. He caused disruptions all over Europe, marching and getting people to join his Third reach, such as signing a pact with Japan to destroy Russia. These events lead up to WW2, and about a year later Japan signed the same agreement with Italy in order to have power in the war.

     Although in the Treaty of Versailles Germany was to accept full responsibility for World War 1 this in not necessarily the case. Many factors have to be taken into account when considering the cause of World War 1. Germany may have been primarily responsible for the war but the other major powers must accept some of the blame for failing to prevent it. The conflict resulting from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinard should have been local and confined but due to a series of factors, militarism, the alliance system, nationalism, this one incident led to the greatest war Europe had ever seen. As a result of underlying hostilities the assassination led to a chain of

German expansionism was an instrumental force that guided Germany and all of Europe down the inevitable path of war throughout the Wilhelmine period. Various cultural and sociopolitical factors embedded in the European culture at the time also played key parts in the buildup of tension before WWI. Abundant German colonial, industrial, and military expansion intensified existing societal opinions and ultimately caused the outbreak of WWI.

As said earlier, Germany thought they could win the War easily. The war was inevitable and Germany believe the sooner the war happened, the better the chance Germany had to win. There are numerous causes for the Great War. And not just Germany bad, France and Russia good. Alliances and politics had a huge impact.

The Schlieffen Plan was a plan in which Germany would attempt to avoid the problem of having a two-front war and having to split their troops and attempt to go to war with two countries at one time. This plan involved at first Germany going through the neutral country of Belgium to avoid the strong blockade at the France-German

To some extend, Germany did help cause the Great War but, the real culprit is Austria-Hungary. Austria Hungary did a whole lot more than Germany to start World War 1; such as breaking the peace with Serbia and then declaring war on them. While Germany, just supported Austria-Hungary.

Source 2 once again puts a lot of blame of Germany stating “Germany had really decided to force a war”. As we know, this war was forced despite negotiations between the Kaiser and the Tsar, where the Kaiser attempted to prevent Russian mobilisation in order to carry out the Schlieffen plan. This really emphasises the aggressive nature of the plan, in addition with the deception of the Kaiser. Overall, this source mainly agrees with Taylor and the ideas he has put forward, however Martel goes further by suggesting that the Alliance system also played a significant part in the cause of war. Martel states that Germany “could not permit Austria-Hungary to be defeated”, in reference to a war that Germany were not involved in, but Austria, Germany’s one close ally was, introducing the extremely important Dual Alliance. This shows that Germany had no choice but to be drawn into this war, where tensions between the Dual Alliance and Russia could occur due to the issues German issues with Slavism. Therefore, it could be interpreted that the Schlieffen plan was in response to ongoing wars and potential conflicts that could result. Furthermore, Martel also suggests that Germany chose this time for was as it was “the best time” in

The Schlieffen plan was a plan created by General Count Alfred von Schlieffen in 11903 for the German Army, at the request of Kaiser Wilhelm II. The Schlieffen Plan was an operational plan for an attack on France and Russia. Schlieffen advised the Kaiser that the plan should be implemented by 1916, as Germany would be strong enough for a victory by then.

There are four main factors that could have driven Germany’s decision to go to war; firstly due to fear of ‘encirclement’, secondly that she was pulled into war by a web of alliances, thirdly that she entered war for imperial reasons, and lastly that she entered war as a result of social pressure. However one must consider the degree to which each of these factors effected Germany’s decision to go to war, and that the principle reasoning is a conjunction of both social pressure and fear of encirclement. The entrenched isolation within which Germany existed, to some degree alongside Austria-Hungary and lesser so with Italy, and the growing threat that she posed to Britain both financially and militarily, can be said to have driven the web