“As a soldier, I survived World War I when most of my comrades did not” (Pearson). World War I took the lives of millions of people, but was this war preventable or not? World War I was not preventable because of Militarism, Alliances, and Imperialism.
Militarism is one of the most reasons that made World War I unpreventable. Firstly Militarism lead to organized armies and new powerful weapons were created by the largest European countries. Also most of the countries at the time had military leaders which meant that the countries were greatly influenced by the military and we can see this in France and their leader Marshal Ferdinand Foch who was an important French general who was best known for repelling German advances in both 1914 and …show more content…
Firstly the increasing tensions between the major powers of Europe led to the formation of two major Alliances. The first Alliance was the Triple Alliance which was formed in 1882 and it was between Germany, Austria- Hungary, and Italy and this basically meant that if one of these countries entered war all of the other countries will support and help each other. The second Alliance was the Triple Entente which was formed in 1907 and it was between Britain, France, and Russia. The main goal of the Triple Entente was to stop the Triple Alliance from conquering Europe. Secondly these alliances guaranteed a large war between the major powers if one country from any of the alliances attacked another country from the other alliance( Llewellyn, Alliances). Finally the event that marked the beginning of the war happened and this event was the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand which happened in June,28,1914. This officially started the war because the Serbian government was blamed for the assassination of the Archduke by Austria- Hungary and this lead to the tensions between the major Alliances (Llewellyn, Alliances). This is how alliances made World War I definitely
Militarism is one of the most reasons that made World War I unpreventable. Firstly Militarism lead to organized armies and new powerful weapons were created by the largest European countries. Also most of the countries at the time had military leaders which meant that the countries were greatly influenced by the military and we can see this in France and their leader Marshal Ferdinand Foch who was an important French general who was best known for repelling German advances in both 1914 and …show more content…
Firstly the increasing tensions between the major powers of Europe led to the formation of two major Alliances. The first Alliance was the Triple Alliance which was formed in 1882 and it was between Germany, Austria- Hungary, and Italy and this basically meant that if one of these countries entered war all of the other countries will support and help each other. The second Alliance was the Triple Entente which was formed in 1907 and it was between Britain, France, and Russia. The main goal of the Triple Entente was to stop the Triple Alliance from conquering Europe. Secondly these alliances guaranteed a large war between the major powers if one country from any of the alliances attacked another country from the other alliance( Llewellyn, Alliances). Finally the event that marked the beginning of the war happened and this event was the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand which happened in June,28,1914. This officially started the war because the Serbian government was blamed for the assassination of the Archduke by Austria- Hungary and this lead to the tensions between the major Alliances (Llewellyn, Alliances). This is how alliances made World War I definitely