Schlieffen's Use Of Nationalism As A Major Source In World War One

Militarism was one of the causes of World War I. Militarism is a belief of the government or the people that a country there is a massive military build up among many european nations. Germany had an industrialized military and nation. Germany had spent a couple of millions to help improve their military to make it sufficient for war. In doc. C it states that Germany seemed to be very confident in winning the war, “ You will be home before the leaves have fallen from the trees.” However, Germany had time to industrialize their military, while other nations had to rush to industrialize their military. Militarism was a huge factor in the cause of WWI.

If it wasn't for Nationalism then there wouldn't of been any military motivation to prove your country was most powerful. Militarism gave more ideas for weapons to not only start the war but to win it. Without Militarism there was no war and countries wouldn't have the power to start the war. Alliances was the biggest root cause that started WW1 because without it no countries would be in the war unless they felt threatened by the war. Only Austria-Hungary and Serbia would have been in the war. After the war was over germany had lost. if the winning side would have settled things right then WW2 would have been prevented. War is inevitable and we can only delay it for so long, but sooner or later there will be conflict between two countries and Militarism, Nationalism, and Alliances will eventually step in and start another world war. The direct cause was when Gavrilo Princip shot the Archduke Franz Ferdinand. If it wasn't for the root causes the Archduke would have never been shot and

By nationalism causing jealousy it established imperialism. Imperialism is a nation trying to take over as many nations it could just so that they could have more power. Therefore the pride in a nation

World War One started in 1914 and ended in 1918. There were a variety of underlying causes of World War One. Starting with the assassination of Archduke was a cause of the war. Also the alliance system caused many problems in the long run of the war. Another cause that was big was that the people started to believe that war was everything in life (DBQ Project Essay Background). Another big cause of the war was, countries building up their armies and navies, so they could be ready to attack at any given moment (DBQ Project Doc 7).

Out of the four main causes of World War 1, nationalism was the main cause. Nationalism is when you take extreme pride in your homeland. This had became a powerful idea in Europe by the late 1800’s. Nationalists place primary emphasis on promoting their homelands cultures and interests above those of other countries. Nationalism was also one of the reasons behind the tension among European powers. Each nation were competitors, so many people were willing to go to war to expand their nation as the expense for others. About Austria-Hungary’s Ultimatum to Serbia, Austria-Hungary invaded Serbia, and then accused Serbia of terrorism and murdering.(Doc 2). This shows nationalism because Austria invaded and then accused Sebia of terrorizing and murdering, Austria doesnt wanna seem like the bad one, he wants to be seen as better, or the victim.

     Every country that was included in World War 1 used nationalism to get them pumped for war. “… Germany and its people, who were convinced that they fought a war of defense, were only guilty.” (Document 5) Nationalism also posed a problem for Austria-Hungary and the Balkans, areas comprised of many conflicting national groups. It made them battle because they

Militarism is also a big cause of world war I, because before, throughout, and after the war countries were building up their armies. ("DBQ: What Were the Underlying ...", 2010, p. Doc 1) militarism also played a big part in allies between countries.

Therefore you could say nationalism led to the war between Serbia and Austria-Hungary which later escalated into WWI.

The First World War started in 1914 and ended in 1918. The causes of World War I were militarism, alliances between European countries, imperialism, nationalism and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (Keegan, 2014). Primarily, it may be cited, that its cause was a struggle between the Central Powers (Austria-Hungary, Germany and Italy) and the Allied Powers (France, Great Britain and Russia) over the expansion of Serbia into the Balkans.

As the world entered the 20th century, an arms race had begun. By 1914, Germany had the greatest increase in military buildup. Great Britain and Germany both greatly increased their navies in this time period. Further, in Germany and Russia particularly, the military establishment began to have a greater influence on public policy. This increase in militarism helped push the countries involved to war.

As the 20th century began, all the countries were looking to upgrade their arms. The more the countries divided the more the need to increase armed forces became important. Between 1870 and 1914, the armies for France and Germany doubled, and sea master was constantly changing between Britain and Germany. It seemed that each country was coming up with different plans to attack their enemies. (World War One- Causes, 2014)

Militarism preferred force as a solution to problems, which was one of many things that led to World War I. Nations mobilized their military to show support for their alliances and as a method of inflicting fear to their enemies. This led to development of more military equipment and increase in the number of troops. When one nation improved their military, the other nations felt they needed to build a better one. Eventually alliances were formed between nations to ensure that no country became stronger and powerful than the others.

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.