A chain of five events occurred in 1900’s that would lead to World War I otherwise known as “The Great War”. The five events made an acronym known as MANIA: Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism, Assassination. Militarism was the creation of armies, was the biggest problem in Germany, and other countries followed to have the strongest military. Alliances were a problem, but the main problem about them was secret alliances. Nationalism was a pride in one’s country and people were willing to fight for their national pride. Imperialism was bigger countries taking over smaller, weaker countries. Germany was the main problem in this because they wanted land in Africa like Great Britain. Assassination was the fire that lit the fuse to the war when archduke Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were murdered by ethnic Serbs. If Germany wouldn’t of been greedy in trying to be a world power and people didn’t blame one ethnic actions on a whole country, WWI would of maybe never happened during this time period.
An Arms Race Europe was in an arms race to have the best militaries the world has ever seen. Germany was wanting a larger empire and be a force to be …show more content…
The real cause of what really started the war and who started it is still debated about with many historians. The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand is what they have concluded for now was the main cause. The four other causes of militarism, alliances, nationalism, and imperialism though are still added to how the war started. In hindsight the war may not of been so big if Russia didn’t declare war on Austria-Hungary with the big web of alliances there were in the war. The war ended up being 4 years and was a bloody war which would add countries like the United States. Thinking this would be the last World War they called it “The War To End All Wars”, a decade later they would figure out they were so
An Arms Race Europe was in an arms race to have the best militaries the world has ever seen. Germany was wanting a larger empire and be a force to be …show more content…
The real cause of what really started the war and who started it is still debated about with many historians. The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand is what they have concluded for now was the main cause. The four other causes of militarism, alliances, nationalism, and imperialism though are still added to how the war started. In hindsight the war may not of been so big if Russia didn’t declare war on Austria-Hungary with the big web of alliances there were in the war. The war ended up being 4 years and was a bloody war which would add countries like the United States. Thinking this would be the last World War they called it “The War To End All Wars”, a decade later they would figure out they were so