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World War 1 Dbq Essay

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he first world war is known by many names; The great war, the war to end all wars or even as simple as World war one. The war originated in Europe and was fought by the Allies and the Central powers. In Document A the Triple Alliance consisted of Germany, Austria Hungary and Italy while the Triple Entente powers were Russia,Great Britain and France .WWI was fought at the Eastern, Western and Italian fronts, but the biggest was the Western Front. The Western Front involved the area of Europe to the west of Germany, including France, Belgium and England. This is where trench warfare became very popular, which is what this war is so infamous for. This war lasted from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 killing and injuring over 38 million people. The cause of this destructive war can be narrowed down to 3 main causes. The most crucial cause of WW1 was nationalism, due to national pride every country struggled to be better than each other. Because every country wanted to be better they built up their militaries to scare other nations which leads to another cause of WW1 which is Alliances. …show more content…

Nationalism was a another big part in the war because the fact that countries wanted more territory for their troops and civilians while also taking over land for materials and much needed resources. Germany is seen in Document D discussing on how they are the anvil that is always getting hit and pounded but soon they will become the hammer and takedown countries and consume land. Germany did do this and soon became the largest and most powerful countries and its want for land became increased leading to the future defeat of Germany. Many other countries needed the land to get more tactical advantages over enemies and also just so other countries can't have it

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