Why Did Ww1 Start

There were many reasons as to why World War I began. According to Document 2 the event that started World War I was the death of the Archduke of Austria-Hungarian, Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Bashia. The other main causes of World War I was militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism. Militarism was the policy of aggressive preparedness, european nations began arming to protect their assets. Alliances is when European nations formed alliances to create a balance of power throughout Europe. The Triple Alliance was a secret agreement

What actually started the war was the alliances between countries. Countries in Europe formed alliances with each other (e.g., Russia, Britain, and France in the Triple Entente and Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy in the Triple Alliance) (Doc A). The countries in the Entente all blamed Germany for the war and felt the need to intervene (Doc B). Germany was backing up Austria-Hungary and Russia was backing up Serbia whom were in a spat. Which lead to invasions and more friends of these countries joining the war to aide them.

One cause was nationalism. Nationalism is where you show pride in your country. An example of Nationalism is when it comes time every 4 years when the olympics are taking place. Everyone is cheering on their countries and showing off their pride. Nationalism played a role in causing WWI by countries thinking that a certain country is showing off too much pride.

WW1 actually began as a conflict within Europe, then it slowly progressed and became a world war. Tension began growing within the European countries caused by many different things. Such as, militarism, imperialism, alliances, and nationalism. Each one of these had an effect on reason why the war was started. Imperialism is viewed as one of the main reasons why the war starts. It started a competetions among the nations. The intense competetions grew so much that the nation’s seeked help by the strongest and best countries. Although some people will also say that nationalism was a main influence to cause the war. For the main reason that it had caused economic and territory issue through Europe, growing just as tension as imperialism. Militarism and alliances had put drastic effects on the war but not believe to start it. Militarism was a race to build up armies during nationalism. Each nation was terrified that another country would try to attack them, so built up their armies in defense.

There are four different causes that added onto the creation of the World War 1 over time. The main cause was the assassination of Austria-Hungary Archduke Franz Ferdinand in the year of 1914. Along with the Militarism, Nationalism, Alliances, and Imperialism.

On June 28, 1914 Archduke Ferdinad and his wife were assassinated when visiting Sarajevo , Bosina by a Serbian member . Austria declared war on Serbia on July 28th. That was the immediate cause of World War I but there was a bigger reason. World War I began August 1, 1914. There are four main reasons that sparked this war. The four main causes were militarism, alliances , imperialism , and nationalism . Militarism is when a country has to keep a strong military and prepare for war . Soldiers should be ready to defend themselves from enemies at the other trench. Alliances were agreements countries formed to protect one another . In 1914 there were two types of alliances. It was a Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente. Germany, Austria-Hungary ,and Italy were part of the Triple Alliance. Great Britain, Russia ,and France were part of the Triple Entente. They've made promises that they will protect one another in their group. Where one country fights the other joins. When world war one starts the group changes. Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire became the Central Powers. Great Britain Russia and France became the Allies. Italy left the Central Powers because they accuse their former alliance for unjustifiy of starting the war so Italy joined the Allies. Imperialism is to dominate another country like how Austria did Serbia. Austria provided Serbia with several demands. Serbia listened to most of them but not all. That is what caused the tension between these

The great war also known as World War I was a huge difference in how previous wars were fought. Previous wars were fought in a short time and had small armies. Wars fought before World War I did not prepare soldiers for what was coming. The start of World War I was different from previous wars from the very start. The start of World War I began with an assassination. This war was the first war to use new vehicles and weapons that hadn’t been used before this war. The invention of the plane made it able for planes to be used as a gun ship, light bomber, and heavy bomber. In WWI, a total of 124 different planes were used. Another vehicle that was used at first called the land ship, but then later was called the tank. Seventeen tanks were used

World War I started in The Balkans near the end of July 1914. ‘Why did World War I happen?’ you might ask. Well There are multiple reasons as to why it started. A couple  examples of the cause are: militarism, imperialism, and the growth of nationalism-which were all tied together by being mostly based off of disagreement. These three things are what I will be discussing in the next three paragraphs.

The Second Battle of the Marne took place on July 15, 1918. It was the last German offensive during WWI. The German Chief of Staff was confident that the war could be won by an attack in Flanders. The attack was a failure when the Allies, the French and the American, entered the battle. The Allies arrived with tanks, eliminating a huge portion of Germans. The German defeat was the beginning of the relentless Allied advance, which led to the Armistice with Germany.

4.The first reason it took US years before it entered WWI was because it had no stake in any of the alliances at the time. At the time there were two rival alliances, the Triple Alliance(Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy, and the Triple Entente (Britain, France and Russia). These Alliances were involved in their own conflict because, Austria Hungary had angered Serbia by seizing Ottoman provinces which in turn angered Serbia’s ally Russia. This would lead to Germany, an ally of Austria-HUngary to declare war on Russia and its ally France. Britain would then get involved after Germany attempted to invade Belgium. Because of alliances almost all the major Allies and Central Power were involved in war, and obviously US was not allied with any

World War one was one of the deadliest conflicts that most of the world was involved in. There were many reasons why Europe went from peace to war so fast. There were many alliances around the world to balance the power of Europe. Some examples were the triple alliance and the Triple Entente. These alliances consisted of Germany, Austro-Hungary, and Italy for the Triple alliance.

There is no cut and dry answer why WWI began. It seems like all of the countries were acting as if they were a group of teenage girls in high school gossiping about one another and doing antagonistic things to badger each other to make themselves feel better due to their own insecurities. It could be argued many ways why WWI started but I believe that it was brought upon by grudges that were held over a long period of time, until, “the straw that broke the camel’s back”, which was the assassination of the Archduke France Ferdinand. With support from Germany’s blank check, Austria-Hungary secured a bond with Germany that led to Franz Joseph signing his declaration of war on Serbia. With tensions building between the two countries, prior to the assassination, there were definitely things that had been boiling under the surface. The responsibility of WWI does not lie on one country; all participants played a role in its beginning whether it was direct or indirect.

There are many different causes that led up to WWI, but there were a handful of root causes that accelerated the development of hostility between nations. One of the main reasons was the shifting of the balance of power. The balance of power between nations is a delicate equilibrium that can be easily thrown off if one nation shows a bit of hostility, or if there is an emergence that threatens the sanctity of this balance. For a power to emerge or change, it directly affects all other nations involved through a butterfly effect of events. In WWI specifically, the unification of Germany threw off all alliances and the control of powers, as it was overwhelming for such a strong power to step up. Structurally and emotionally, this was a dramatic change to the stability of the balance of powers, and such a quick change disrupted the peace between the nations so greatly that WWI occurred. Apart from the breakdown of the balance of powers and emergence of hegemonic threats, other institutional and structural theories can explain the events that caused WWI. Some of these events include social conflicts within the countries, shifting alliances, power rankings, and the struggles to negotiate different resources between countries.

About four years, three months, and fourteen days. Or one thousand, five hundred, sixty seven days. That is how long World War I was. One of the largest wars in the world had to have a big reason for why it started. Have you ever wondered how the war started? The answer is militarism, the belief of building up strong armed forces. Countries all over Europe were fighting for power in different areas in order to continue to be the leading army in the war. Different armies wanted the best soldiers and to be the best, they wanted to out do other countries. Multiple plans and attacks were made by nations in order to have more control over the world. Also, certain countries wanted control over the seas. Finally different plans and attacks were created to weaken other armies while growing some too. I believe militarism is the main cause of World

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.