The Three Major Causes Of World War One

World War one, also known as the “great war” was directly caused by the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand. What you may not know is that the root causes to World War one were Nationalism, Militarism, and Alliances. Not only do they have a huge role in starting the war, but also making sure the war was finished.

The chain of events starts with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Some people tend to think that this event was the one total cause of World War One, but that is not the case. The assassination is only one small trigger.

As soldiers went away to war, waving at their family and friends goodbye hoping to see them on Christmas Day, instead were blown across a field, torso and head 50 feet apart. World War One, or the “War to End all Wars”, started when a Serbian terrorist assassinated ArchDuke of Austria Hungary, Franz Ferdinand, on June 28, 1914, which led to disputes and chain reactions of declarations of war between countries. Although this event was said to light the fuse, the big wires that were attached to the bomb consisted of alliances, militarism, and imperialism.

Another main cause of World War I was Militarism. For each country there was a big increase in military and naval forces. For each country there was a big increase in military and navel forces. The policies and government created a big influence on the military men and because of this, force was a alternative as solutions to problems. This is what made militarism one of the main causes of World War I. There was a rise in military influence on policy making after 1907, in countries such as Germany and Russia. During this period of time the German Army was known as a “state within a state”. Everybody in the government such as the parliament and politicians were required to follow the General staff. The war atmosphere was endangered. It was because of the secret alliances and that triggered a armaments race among all the powers. During 1900-1914 the race became very serious and the international situation became much worse then ever before. During these years there was a rise in army and navel estimates. There was so much military rivalry within countries competing for the

Once Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated, it gave the countries a reason to declare war on each other. Document A shows the alliances between European countries at the start of WWI in 1914. France, Britain, and Russia were an alliance. France and Britain were the most powerful out of imperialist Europe, so they made an alliance to combine that strength. Russia owned no colonies, so it would make sense they would want an alliance with what seemed like the strongest colony owners. Germany owned the third most colonies, but they were scared of Britain and France taking over (look at the analysis of Document D). Austria-Hungary was in a place similar to Russia in that they needed an alliance with a stronger country, Germany fit the type of alliance Austria-Hungary was looking for because Germany had a strong military and was already united to Austria-Hungary by common fear of Russia and Russia’s alliances. Germany allied with Austria-Hungary because they believed Russia wouldn’t wage war against two empires. This led Russia to ally with France and

Austria-Hungary attacking Serbia would start the domino effect of the countries going to war. Russia would have to join the war because Serbia and Russia have an agreement. Bringing Russia to war would then bring the United Kingdom and France to battle. With the Triple Entente going to war to protect Austria-Hungary the Triple alliance would have to join the war bringing Germany and Italy into the battle.(documents A and B) The Triple Entente and Triple Alliance were being pulled into the war because Austria-Hungary and Serbia’s dispute in 1914.

World War 1 was triggered through the German nation wanting to expand their territory. The German nation was in direct competition with France and Britain who held larger areas of land and would later become Germany’s direct enemy. Conflict and tension between Austria, Hungry and an attack on Serbia with continued fighting in the Balkans was also a contributing factor to World War. 1. Politically WW1 lead to many new geographical changes on the globe countries gained and lost territories, socially there were 10 million soldiers dead, 20 million wounded and 40 million killed by Spanish influenza.

Militarism was a long-term cause of World War One due to the length of time it took

One of the biggest events that had led to World War I is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. A Serbian civilian killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The Austria-Hungarians were outraged by the assassination and felt like this was a call for war. However before the war started, the German decided to take the side of the Austria-Hungarians and the Russians, French and British (The Triple Entente) decided to take side of the Serbians. The German’s attacked Belgium to set off the French and infuriate them and this led to the World

World War 1 was very tragic, there were many deaths and many changes. What was the cause of WW1? You might wonder. The four main causes of World War 1 are nationalism, imperialism, militarism, and alliances. They had a very positive attitude in going into the war. The soldiers were 19-20 years old. They were very well educated and were from middle class. This was was the first war in which women were allowed to fight.

Although alliances was a cause for World War I, militarism was the main cause. Militarism was the main cause because if no one was preparing for a war there wouldn’t have been one. With everyone thinking that having a big army is the key to success and the only way they would be able to use that army would be in a

In particular, after Russia and the Ottoman Empire ended the Russo-Turkish War with the Treaty of San Stefano, German Chancellor Bismarck successfully annulled the treaty. Although Germany was dissociated with the war strictly between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, Bismarck claimed that the unbalance of power Russia caused was unfair. This being said, Germany took the land that Russia gained away; Russia left the League of the Three Emperors (an alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia). As a result, Germany and Austria formed the Dual Alliance of 1879 that stated, “Should, [...] one of the two Empires be attacked by Russia the High Contracting Parties are bound to come to the assistance one of the other with the whole war strength of their Empires (Article I). Basically, if one of the two countries were attacked, the other would equally defend them. Similarly, Russia allied with France when the Franco Russian Entente in 1894 which progressed into the Triple Entente when Britain became involved. Evidently, Germany caused the division of world powers with their alliances which led to World War I. More specifically, when Austria-Hungary went to war with Serbia after their archduke was assassinated, the two alliances clashed. Russia, who aided Serbia, had backup from France and Britain and Austria-Hungary had Germany who was also allied with the Ottoman Empire. Seeing this caused both parties to declare major war, Germany’s alliances did cause tension that resulted in World War

Throughout history there has been competition for resources and domination. This competition has led to conflicts that have caused destruction, social disruptions and death. World War I was no exception to this competition. World War I was known as the war to end all wars and was caused by a combination of factors. Some causes of World War I was nationalism, imperialism, militarism, and the main cause which was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Gavrilo Princip of Serbia. While the United States attempted to remain neutral and stay out of the war, Germany choose actions that gave the U.S. no choice but to enter and help their Allies defeat the other powers.

     There were three very important causes of World War One; Nationalism, Militarism, and Imperialism ( Davidson, Castillo, Stoff, page 570). For years, these three factor has brought tension to European nations. Then, in June of 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir t the throne of

The first reason for the eruption of World War I was militarism. Militarism is the act of building up armies for threats against other countries – taking over new territory – and protection from other countries who decide to invade. In the 1900’s, the two