The 1848 Revolution, The Second Reich, And The First War

World War 1 was partly caused by the two opposing alliances developed by Otto von Bismarck. Bismarck formed the Three Emperor’s League, an alliance between Germany, Russia, and Austria-Hungary. He also took advantage of the Italian dislike towards France and created the Triple Alliance between Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary. After Bismarck was fired, the dislike of Slavs prevented countries from allying themselves with Russia. France took advantage of this and became allies with Russia, forming the Franco-Russian Entente. Britain and France ignored all imperialistic conflicts between them and formed the Entente Cordiale. International tension rapidly increased and more countries became involved.

Bismarck’s alliance system brought peace between the European countries. (Stewart, Fitzgerald, Pickard 12) His alliance system starts with a treaty with Austria-Hungary who was one of the 5 powers in Europe. In 1879, Germany and Austria-Hungary signed the Dual Alliance, which was planned as a merely defensive arrangement or military alliance. Both governments promised that they should help or remain neutral when other powerful countries such as Russia or France attack. (Stewart, Fitzgerald, Pickard 13) The second allied country was with Italy. In 1882, Bismarck turns Dual Alliance into Triple Alliance by making Italy to join in his alliance system. Since Italy had close friendship with Great Britain, although Italy was not a strong military nation, it was an influential part of the Alliance. And at the same time, Great Britain and Germany had conflict in North Africa on colonial aspiration. Therefore, it was the perfect time to be an ally with her to isolate France. (Stewart, Fitzgerald, Pickard 14) Making Great Britain as a close friend was a benefit for Germany. Bismarck’s next target to isolate France was Russia. In 1881, the Dreikaiserbund was made a treaty, which was the agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia promising not to help the fourth power, France. However in 1884, this treaty had renewed and Russia refused to renew her membership in Dreikaiserbund. Then Bismarck discussed the Reinsurance Treaty with

One underlying cause of World War 1 was the alliance systems. There were two major alliances. The triple entente and the triple alliance (Document A). The triple entente consisted of Russia, United Kingdom, and France. The triple alliance consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and italy. Alliances were quick to support their allies (Document B). Each country had a different point of view of who started the war. So this created a chain reaction (Document B). Those are a few ways alliance systems caused World War 1.

The first of the three main causes of World War One was the alliances between countries. In the years before the war, several European countries had formed alliances with each other to ensure the protection of their own nations. This created two systems; the Triple Alliance, which consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy, and the Triple Entente, which consisted of France, Russia, and Great Britain. The system made it so that if an allied country

> When WW1 was finished in November 11 1918, the Allied Powers signed the Treaty of Versie in which blamed the Germans for the war. This treaty made them lose territory, pay for the expenses of the war, and lose military control in which left them in a disastrous state. In the late 1930s, WW2 was about to occur amounting to a tragic event that would later go down in history. A German leader named Adolf Hitler wanted to conquer the world, but primarily he wanted to take Germany out of the misery that was put upon them. He boasted his military without the Allied powers noticing and he gained different territory. Most of all he put ideologies in the German people's minds. He made them believe that the ones that caused all of their defalts and

Even though the two wars took place at different times in history the two wars had a lot of similarities. I don’t mean just in the war the starting of the war and the finishing of the wars were similar. In both wars, imperialism, nationalism, and militarism led to the outbreak of war. Imperialisms is a policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force. In ww1 Imperialism was a cause because building an empire needs manpower such as an army and a navy to conquer and keep the land that they colonized and governed. Nationalism was a great cause of World War one because of countries being greedy and not negotiating. Nationalism shows you are proud of your country and want it to be the best. A lot of causes all came to together and countries all wanted to be better than each other which causes a lot of tension. Militarism could have cause the war due to the naval and arms race. The main event of Militarism causing World War one was the naval rivalry which was made after 1900. Britain had the most powerful navy in the world. This caused everyone else to want to be better but you can’t. Alliances showed a great dent in World War one. Europe divided into two opposing Alliances the Triple Alliance consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy which was formed in 1882. The Triple Entente included Britain, France and Russia which was formed in 1907.

Alliances between countries that was the first main cause of World War 1. It was the formation that had a significant impact on World War 1. “The problem that the Alliances had was Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife was assassinated on June 28, 1914, by Gavrilo Princip, igniting a conflict that led to World War 1 and made a larger problem”. The other problem was between the Triple Alliances and the Triple Entente. The countries that were in the Triple Alliance was Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy and for the Triple Entente was Russia, France, and the United Kingdom. Germany was worried about having to fight a war on two fronts or two different borders, but the fear was not justified because France and Russia are against Germany and Russia was larger than Germany. In document B “The Crime Of The Ages.

Two Alliances were formed in Europe preceding World War 1. The triple alliance consisting of: Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary (Document 1). The other alliance being the triple entente, which was made of the three powers: Great Britain, Russia, and France (Document 2). Both of these alliances were formed to oppose one another. When there was a conflict preceding the war and Germany rose up, France formed an alliance with Great Britain and Russia in order to have a defense in case of an attack from Germany. In turn Germany took this as a sign that these countries were preparing for a conflict. So, in response they formed an alliance with France and Austria-Hungary.

The decisions of Bismarck and Wilhelm were significant to World War I because each of their methods were so different. While maintaining most of the same goals, their approach to solving these methods caused World War I. For example, Wilhelm’s attempt to isolate France did not go as well as he had hoped and gave a completely opposite effect than what he was aiming for, as well as angering the other countries. His fumble in Morocco caused him to gain more foes and give France more allies, as well as give him a bad reputation. Additionally, by adding a naval force, he came off as a threat to the other countries. Bismarck did not want to establish a naval force, but Wilhelm’s thirst for power blinded him to make inadequate decisions. People began to develop a distrust and fear of Germany, which was what Bismarck worked to prevent (“German”). Bismarck’s and Wilhelm’s decisions on foreign policy and its execution were some of the key factors that lead to this war. Who they chose to become allies with, and who they caused others to become allies with was one of the major causes of World War I (Dobbs).

Germany leader Otto von Bismarck started forming alliances and the first alliance was known as the Triple Alliance. The Triple alliance consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy. This means when the war would be to break out Germany would still be between the other alliance which was what Germany was trying to prevent. The other alliance was known as the Triple Entente and consisted of France, Russia, and Great Britain and the tensions started rising. (DBQ: What Were the Underlying Causes for World War I)

The Great War, later known as the first world war. WW1 was fought by the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance. The Triple Alliance was Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary. The Triple Entente was formed by Great Britain, Russia, and France. Alliances, Militarism, Nationalism, and Imperialism were four M.A.I.N causes that drove Europe to war, but Nationalism contributed most to the outbreak of WW1

There were many factors that led to the initial outbreak of World War I in Europe. A constant struggle to gain the upper hand in the “balance of power” existed, and it resulted in the formation of many alliances between European nations. For the most part, these agreements stipulated that the nations would aid one another if one of them were to be attacked by an enemy. Eventually two distinct

First of all, Germany’s strategic diplomatic errors caused the Triple Entente to form against them. According to Fromkin, Germany “[made] enemies of [Russia, France, and Great Britain]” before the war even started (271-272). When Kaiser Wilhelm II took control of Germany, it was diplomatically sound due to the peace agreements made by the previous Prussian minister president, Otto von Bismarck (“The Road”). Soon, all of Bismarck’s diplomatic gains were reversed (“The Road”). Rather than focusing on creating peace with other nations, Kaiser Wilhelm II allowed his young and headstrong mentality affect his decisions (“The Road”). He became completely focused on war and ignored all diplomacy (“The Road”). For instance, Germany “declined to renew the 1887 Russian-German Reinsurance Treaty” (Ehlert 3). This treaty was what kept Germany and Russia on good terms, and it prevented war between the two countries by creating a friendly relationship (“The Road”). By ignoring Russia and allowing their relations to expire, Germany became Russia’s enemy (“The Road”). In addition to Russia, Kaiser Wilhelm II ignored Germany’s peaceful relations with France and Great Britain (“The Road”). This resulted in the formation of the Triple Entente, which consisted of France, Great Britain, and Russia (“The Road”).

As a result of World War I, Germany was forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles, made to pay for the war, and had to disarm themselves, which directly led into World War II. Germany went down the tubes after they were forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles. There economy crashed and there money had just about no value. Many people that World War II was just a 20 year break from World War I. They were right because just about 20 years later World War II started. There are many things that could contribute to starting the war but these are the main point and the most recognized.

World War I ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28th, 1919. After strict enforcement for five years, the French assented to the modification of important provisions. Since the Germans lost the war, their consequences were very harsh. They were forced to accept the responsibility of the war damages suffered by the Allies, which led to them having to accept the reparations (Causes of WW2, n/d). The negotiations revealed a split between the French, who wanted to dismember Germany to make it impossible for it to renew war in France, and the British and Americans, who did not want to create pretexts for a new war. Later on, the German government signed the treaty under protest, which led to German parties attacking it as a betrayal and assassinating several politicians whom they considered responsible (Treaty of Versailles, n/d). Germany was unable to pay off the enormous debt and left them in economic ruins; as a result, there was political instability and this allowed the Nazi Party to rise because the socialist party seemed to have had the solution to hunger and economic problems. After having to face their humiliating loss, the Nazi Party gained more support from the proud Germans. The Treaty ended up helping the Nazi party gain more support. By allowing the Nazi Party to rise, the Treaty had planted the roots of the Second World War (Causes of WWII— Treaty of Versailles, Failure of the League of Nations, and Policy of Appeasement,