World War Inevitable

Nationalism was strong during the 19th century. The Slavic peoples in Bosnia and Herzegovinia no longer wanted to be a part of the Austria Hungary nation, but a part of Serbia. All the

World War I was a tragic episode in European history. As with most wars, there were some causes that led to this event. A few of these causes were militarism, alliances, and imperialism. The first spark of the war was on June 28, 1914 when the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated by a Serbian nationalist group called the Black Hand. The Austrian leaders demanded an apology from Serbia, they got upset and Russia said they would help Serbia. With no apology and the threat of Russia, on June 28 Austria-Hungary declared war on them; Russia in return declared war on Austria-Hungary. Germany declared war on Russia, France on both Germany and Austria-Hungary. Finally Britain had joined France and Russia, then all of Europe was at war.

Bosnia is a country in south-eastern Europe that emerged after the break-up of Yugoslavia in 1980. The conflict between the three main ethnic groups in Bosnia, the Serbs, Croats, and Muslims, resulted in genocide committed by the Serbs against the Muslims in this country.

In 1908, after growing fears of Serbia and Russia becoming stronger, Austria-Hungary annexed Bosnia-Herzegovina. This angered the Serbs because they had wanted Bosnia-Herzegovina to be in their control as the

The events of July and early August 1914 are known as the sparks that lit the explosion of World War I. Uneasy tensions that had been boiling beneath the surface of Europe for many years soon erupted and with that several alliances that were formed over the past decades were invoked, so within weeks the major powers were at war; via their colonies, the conflict advanced rapidly. When war officially broke out in 1914, Britain joined in the defense of Belgium and in reaction to Germany's violation of the treaty in which the countries neutrality was to be respected by all other nations. Upon this Britain requested that all dominions of the British Empire, including Canada were to fight on its behalf.

Now when one country gets involved in War, multiple are pulled in causing a global catastrophe, this ultimately crippling many countries

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.

War helps economies grow. For example, in 1929, the whole world faced a grim reality when the U.S. stock exchange collapsed. As a result, many people lost their life’s savings and many were out of work. After twelve years of extreme poverty, the U.S entered a new age of prosperity due to the U.S. entering into World War II. This is because the war required businesses to hire more workers in order to make ammunition and other war-related resources. This stimulated the American economy (McManus).

World War One was a turning point in history. A war between the major powers of Europe was sparked by the death of one person. Taking a closer look into history, tensions of the major powers of Europe had been going for years before the war started. Despite the fact that one person from the black hand started World War One with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, World War One was inevitable because of the alliance systems, nationalism and militarism.

The war had started because the prime minister of Britain had declared war on Germany.

This is known as Militarism and was another main contributor to the beginning of the war. Another major cause of the war was Imperial rivalries. During this time Germany began to imperialize. Due to this imperialization competition for colonies between Britain, France, and Germany grew. Both countries came to fear the Germans growing gain of power, this same fear led to the French and British making alliances. Another important historical circumstance that led to the World War One was the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand. This was an immediate cause of the war, and triggered a series of events which led to almost every country becoming involved in the war. After this major war there were many effects that impacted society and the countries involved. However, the country that was impacted significantly was Germany. After the war the Treaty of Versailles was put in place and was seen as a punishment to the Germans. This treaty called Germany to help provide other countries after the war. However, this put a strain on the German economy and their resources, which caused starvation, and depression throughout the country. The Germans eventually signed the treaty in order to pay less

World War I, the Great War, began on July 28, 1914, and ended on November 11, 1918. This war had a huge effect on each involved country’s people. The four major causes of the Great War were Nationalism, Militarism, Imperialism, and the alliances made before the war was even thought about. Nationalism and Militarism tie together very well; for example, Germany had a strong desire for world power, Weltpolitik, because of how amazing they thought their country was which caused them to be an Imperial and Militaristic country. In addition to Germany’s nationalism, the French had a desire for revenge over Alsace-Lorraine, the Germany-annexed territory that was taken in the Franco-Prussian War. The Alliances, Triple-Entente and Triple Alliance,

On August 4, 1914 Great Britain declared war on Germany because the Germans attacked France through neutral Belgium. When Kaiser Wilhelm II took control of Germany, relations between Germany and Britain began to change because Wilhelm II wanted Germany to be a great power. Britain recognized Wilhelm’s II strong economy, large population, and powerful armed forces as a threat capable of dominating Europe, therefore, Britain began to support Russia and France, joining the Triple Entente. Under the Treaty of London of 1839, Britain had promised to defend Belgium, bringing Britain into war once Germany invaded Belgium. When Germany invaded Belgium, they relied on the idea that Britain would remain neutral. Since Germany threatened Britain with their growing forces, Britain honored the Treaty of London with Belgium and entered World War I. Britain had no formal treaty with France there was an understanding that, in the event of a war with Germany, a British Expeditionary Force would cross to France and take up a position alongside the French Army. Entering World War I, the British army was outnumbered and unprepared.

The world war was inevitable. Smaller countries will always want more land and to get it countries will have to invade each other. For an example Austro-Hungarian empire raided a small Serbian nation which destroyed the balance of power in Europe (pg 613). Even without the events that occurred some event later would have set it off (quora). Countries had spent major resources in preparation for war which in turn makes it so not much was required to spark conflict. It has been seen in history that there is always a greedy leader that will come along and rule everything. When new inventions being introduced that didn't help either. People always find ways to make weapons out of them. An example of this is when planes got modified to have guns

Many people believe that the reasoning behind Britain declaring war on Germany was because they though Germany attacked Britain first, but this is not the case. The reason Britain joined the war was because Germany attacked Britain 's closest ally, Poland. Poland and Britain had a treaty which said that if either country was being attacked, the other would help. Britain held their word and when Germany looked to expand their empire in Poland, almost immediately Britain was at Poland 's side and wasn 't