World war one took place dates between 1914-1918. Despite the conflict started in Europe, it ultimately affected other countries which are outside of the continent example united state and Japan. The first time the native English speakers knew it as the "Great War"; the term world war one was applied a couple of decades later. Historians disagree the basic causes of the war but mostly agree the consequences of the war and the huge disaster it caused. Political tensions ran very high in the beginning of the 20th century in Europe. The international politics in European countries get worse after Europeans greater powers were increasingly coming take over the acquisitions of the new colonies in the African continent.
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At that time Britain was dominating power of empire in Africa in 1905, closely followed bay France so in 1904 Britain and France signed an agreement called the entente cordiale in which Britain agreed not to fight with France over control of morocco and to support France in this action. In the sense France had just signed an agreement with Britain on morocco, but, other powers like Russia, Italy, and Spain. So in 1905 Kaiser Wilhelm 2 visited Tangier and rode down the streets on a white horse with a military and with morocco troops and he proclaimed to support an independent Morocco open to the peaceful competition of all nations for trade, he called for the international conference to discuss the future of Morocco. And the international conference was held at Algeciras(Spain) in 1906 and powers divided into two. Germany was weakly supported by Austria-Hungry and morocco while France was supported by Britain, Russia and Spain; so it was agreed that France should recognize that Morocco was still an independent country and that France and Spain were given joint control of her police force. So Moroccan crises created a division among European powers, also Germany lost against …show more content…
1- At the end of the war 8.5 million people were killed, 20million were wounded 7.5 were missing and other 20 million died worldwide in the Spanish flu epidemic in the winter of 1918–19, populations had nevertheless become targets of war.
2- The war had a devastating impact to an economy as whole were just in England the war cost exceeded £34 billion. Also, the international trade damaged due to the repeated attacks of Germany U-boats, which sunk 40 per cent of British merchant shipping.The physical effects of the war also had an affected on the economic situation of the continent. Wherever fighting had taken place, land, and industry and other productive means had been destroyed.
3- The Versailles treaty where Germany forced to pay an compensation of France loss on the war and to give back all territories it has taken and to limit its troops under the supervision of the winner
What were the causes of …show more content…
At that time Britain was dominating power of empire in Africa in 1905, closely followed bay France so in 1904 Britain and France signed an agreement called the entente cordiale in which Britain agreed not to fight with France over control of morocco and to support France in this action. In the sense France had just signed an agreement with Britain on morocco, but, other powers like Russia, Italy, and Spain. So in 1905 Kaiser Wilhelm 2 visited Tangier and rode down the streets on a white horse with a military and with morocco troops and he proclaimed to support an independent Morocco open to the peaceful competition of all nations for trade, he called for the international conference to discuss the future of Morocco. And the international conference was held at Algeciras(Spain) in 1906 and powers divided into two. Germany was weakly supported by Austria-Hungry and morocco while France was supported by Britain, Russia and Spain; so it was agreed that France should recognize that Morocco was still an independent country and that France and Spain were given joint control of her police force. So Moroccan crises created a division among European powers, also Germany lost against …show more content…
1- At the end of the war 8.5 million people were killed, 20million were wounded 7.5 were missing and other 20 million died worldwide in the Spanish flu epidemic in the winter of 1918–19, populations had nevertheless become targets of war.
2- The war had a devastating impact to an economy as whole were just in England the war cost exceeded £34 billion. Also, the international trade damaged due to the repeated attacks of Germany U-boats, which sunk 40 per cent of British merchant shipping.The physical effects of the war also had an affected on the economic situation of the continent. Wherever fighting had taken place, land, and industry and other productive means had been destroyed.
3- The Versailles treaty where Germany forced to pay an compensation of France loss on the war and to give back all territories it has taken and to limit its troops under the supervision of the winner