Imperialism In Germany

The fourth cause of World War One was nationalism. Germany did not want to take responsibility for the war, since they didn’t start it, they were merely aiding Austria Hungary in their war. Germany confessing to starting the war all by themselves wouldn’t be the complete truth, since it was not all their fault. They were just helping aid Austria Hungary with their pursuits on Serbia. Germany’s rise to power was unsettling to many countries. Tensions rose, fear of military powers being higher than one’s own became prominent. Every country involved wanted to be better than all the rest.

Many historians argue that the reason for Germany going to war was due to the aggressive behaviour of Germany in the build up to the war. Throughout this essay I will be addressing this issue looking at whether Germany was responsible for the outbreak of a general European war in August 1914. There are many factors which contribute to the outbreak of the war from a short-term trigger such as the assassination of Franz Ferdinand to the long-term annexation aims Germany implemented in the years building up to the war, the most important reason was Germany’s aggressive foreign policy, they had provided

Although more countries than Germany itself is responsible for starting the first World War, Germany in its history to become a nation performed certain actions that helped guide the world toward war. War after war was fought in order to solidify Germany as a nation both politically and morally. These wars gave the German people a sense of unity but also fueled rage, hatred, and fear by those that Germany defeated along its path to become a nation. These feelings are not easily forgotten. These feelings could be seen rising up during World War I by the nation of France, who was defeated earlier by the Germans over land disputes as part of Germany’s quest to become a nation, one of the allied powers in the war. As another result of these wars and the quest to build Germany into a nation, Bismark put together a web of complex treaties with varies nations in Europe. These same treaties where then unraveled by William so that Germany could advance as a civilization. Through the actions that the Germans took in order to become a nation did not see them making too many friends as it made them enemies. It is these actions that lead the nations of France, England, and Russia to go on edge and distrust Germany and build an arsenal to defend themselves. When a nation displays the actions that Germany displayed it leads people, and nations alike, to believe that they are aggressive and that they plan to take military action against them in order to expand. This then causes distrust and fear that lead people to take certain measures so when the time comes for war they can defend themselves. As those nations build their arsenals tensions grow even higher. As these tensions grow high, countries form allies with other countries which

Fischer, Taylor and McMeekin all have different views on the extent to which German imperialism was the predominant cause of the First World War.

The Scramble for Africa in the late 19th and early 20th centuries encouraged many different nations to become involved in colonialism. In this time period, competing European powers carved up the continent of Africa between themselves, due to a variety of political and economic motives. Generally, these powers benefited from these land acquisitions. However, Germany’s neo-imperialist experience was unlike that of the other powers. Within the colony of Namibia, located in South West Africa, the real advantages that Germany received were far outweighed by the disadvantages the German empire faced. Although Germany received elevated political status from occupying colonies, the economic and military efforts that were invested in

The nationalist power-politics in Germany were promoted heavily. There were strong advocates for imperialism who also pushed for advancing Germany's weapon's technology and strong army.

To a great extent imperialism and militarism were big factors as to why Germany started World War One. Since the Ottoman Empire lost rule around that time, the Balkan regions were open, and many countries tried to gain control over them including Germany. Also Germany wanted the Balkan regions more than others, since they has weak colonies in Africa, and the Balkan regions were located at a very good spot for trading and other things, since they were located near the ocean. Also Germany wanted to surpass Britain’s Royal Navy, and take control of the seas. Overall Germany wanted to have the most power, and they thought they could do so by conducting a war. Since they had plans to take out their competitions, such as the Schlieffen Plan and

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.

One reason Germany should be blamed for WW1 is their build up of their already massive army. The giant army greats an unbalance of forces in Europe, launching an arms race. Due to Kaiser William’s glorification of the military, it quickly becomes the strongest in the world. However, as they are a large country bordered by 8 other countries it is reasonable to have a large army. When Germany’s navy starts to compete with Britain's Royal navy paired with their aggressive way to solve conflict through war, the european countries feel threatened by the unbalance of power.

In the 1840s, it was the end of the first European industrial revolution. This tremendous revolution that has changed the course of human civilization has brought not only rapid advances in science and technology, but also profound changes in human society. The German Second Reich, which took the last train of the first industrial revolution, dominated the second industrial revolution in the 1860s. After vigorously developing heavy industry and railway transportation, Germany established a substantial foundation for the rise of the imperialism in it. This paper is devoted to researching the influence of the first and the second industrial revolution in the development of German imperialism, mainly concerning the mutual influence between imperialism

Germany and Russia, as two powerful entities in 19th century’s Europe, had great impact in the west world at that time. But they did take a lot of difference in ways like political, religious and scientific worldviews. And these difference may also lead to the opposite positions for these two powerful and world-known countries in World War I.

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Internal colonization practice guarantee the peace of domestic order. Reich could concentrate on economy development, military training, technology revolution. “By the beginning of the twentieth century, Germany exported, which included electrical engineering, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, metals,finish goods.”[ Niels P.Peterson, “Das keiserreich in Prozessen okonomischer Globalisierung” In Das kaiserrich transnational: Deutschland in der welt 1971-1914.] a continuously support to maritime colonization Oversea. .“Social Darwinian ideas, which grew popular in the decades following unification, presupposed a global struggle for survival among world empire, in which only Germany’s Triumph as a global hegemon could guarantee its long-term survival”[ On the tension between nation and empire, see Sara Friedrichsmeyer, Sara Lennox, and Susanne Zantop, The Imperialist Imagination: German Colonialism and Its Legacy (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1998).] In order to maintain the power of Second Reich, the key point of internal

For centuries Germany has not always been unified and if they were not for a long time not till a foreigner came along. Such foreigners such as the French invasions by Napoleon Bonaparte ruined the German self-identity and a strong union not until other movements came along to help bring upon ideas to conjure up. Movements such as Romanticism has had given a significant influence to German people, philosophers, writers, and to its artists to help create an identity for Germany which soon later developed into romantic nationalism. Now for a look as to whether or not the Romantic period actually shaped and paved a way for German Nationalism from the early 1800s to the 1850s period. German Nationalism can be traced back to the Napoleonic era where the study of folklore and popular Art by Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm, and the study of folk songs by Johann Gottfried von Herder can be discovered. To better understand how German Nationalism was it is important to have an intellectual understanding what was the starting cause of the idea and how it was influenced by Romanticism where Romantic Nationalism is derived from. The ideology of Germany on the political sense was parse for them at that time as it consisted only of the loose groupings of states united only by a common language, vague cultural ties, and the weak government of the Holy Roman Empire. The need for a

German militarization prior to WWI had motives from both the domestic side and the foreign side. The German public was growing restless and felt that Germany was turning into a second-rate power, as it had hardly any colonies and no empire. Wilhelm II also saw this as an opportunity to induce extreme patriotism throughout the nation, particularly in the growing middle class and boost morale. He tried to put down the rising Social Democrats and gain more power in parliament. There were also factors of foreign policy that contributed to this growing militarization, most notably the desire to keep harmonious relations with Britain or cause them to be cautious when dealing with Germany.