World War I, a war that caused so many deaths and had countries from different continents fight with each other. Many of the countries apart of this war were divided into two alliances. As said in Document A, one was the Triple Alliance who was formed of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy but not for long because they decided to switch sides a year later after the war started. The second alliance was the Triple Entente who was formed of France, United Kingdom, and Russia. The United States joined the battle later on in the same side as France, Russia, and The United Kingdom. People understand that the cause of World War I was the Assassination of Franz Ferdinand but before that, many factors made the countries run crazy and ruin Europe’s peace. There was certain known factors that influenced WWI the most notable was Imperialism, making competition between the countries over who had the most power.
The countries competed in all sorts of things for example Germany’s letter in Document D, “ The Hammer or the Anvil”, was Germany’s way of saying they're going to evolve and reach better achievements than those France, England, and Russia achieved during the time. This meant Germany was going to become aggressive and start being apart of the competition on who's the better …show more content…
As the graph shows that during 1914 the amount of pounds being spent on armies increased dramatically, Great Britain is a prime example because they spent more on their navy than their army. Germany was able to do the same but they increased their army since their positioning was horrible for them since they were between France and Russia as shown in the map of Document A and could be attacked from both sides at any time, which made them increase their army's strength. Since Great Britain spent so many pounds in their navy, they caused fear against the opposing
The countries competed in all sorts of things for example Germany’s letter in Document D, “ The Hammer or the Anvil”, was Germany’s way of saying they're going to evolve and reach better achievements than those France, England, and Russia achieved during the time. This meant Germany was going to become aggressive and start being apart of the competition on who's the better …show more content…
As the graph shows that during 1914 the amount of pounds being spent on armies increased dramatically, Great Britain is a prime example because they spent more on their navy than their army. Germany was able to do the same but they increased their army since their positioning was horrible for them since they were between France and Russia as shown in the map of Document A and could be attacked from both sides at any time, which made them increase their army's strength. Since Great Britain spent so many pounds in their navy, they caused fear against the opposing