Essay On The Causes Of The Great War

The Great War, most commonly known as World War I, was the first global blood bath war that shook humanity into a new age of terror. There were multiple causes for the outbreak of World War I however, it mainly consisted of military conflicts between the powerful nations in Europe. Germany was the center of attention and one the main nations that attacked Europe. They were also the country that was blamed for the most destruction and suffered the most lost. In 1919, the end of World War I was marked by the Treaty of Versailles. The treaty entailed in “Article 231 of the treaty [that] Germany accepted full responsibility for the loss and damage caused the Allies as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by the aggression of Germany and her allies’” (Page963) In order to make sure that Germany and the Treaty was carried out, the victorious powers formed the League of Nations. …show more content…
However, like Superman once stated “with great power comes great responsibilities”, some of those "responsibilities" the United States did not want. The United States participated in World War I but much less than the European countries as America was isolated on another continent. The United States Senates greatly opposed the United States to join the league of nations “fearing that the treaty would commit the nation into the entanglements of Europe.” (Page 961) Even though a U.S former president, Woodrow Wilson, originally established the idea of the League of Nations, the U.S ultimately did not join. Germany was rejected from joining the League from the beginning. Another major power, the Soviet Union, was excluded from joining the because of their communist ideals. “The absence of the United States and the Soviet Union from the League doomed it to failure." (page 966) The League of Nations was unable to stop the expansion of Germany slowly leading into World War