World War I For most people, History is a boring subject. No body these day’s cares about which president did this and that. However, when it comes to World War everyone is curious and entertained, but not all of them know the story behind this event that marked the history books forever. How did the war begin? How did the U.S. get involved? What impact did it had?
Leading causes to the war
The Colonialist policy of the great powers: the imperialist countries had done with the territorial division of the African and Asian continent and a new correlation of forces began between industrial powers such as Germany, USA, Japan, Britain and France. The strategic points were that Germany wanted the colonies of Britain and subdue Russia. Britain wanted …show more content…
Development Of Germany: Once achieved the unification of the German state, was significantly boosted the process of industrialization. Germany became the first European power of the century, with a need to control more colonies to deposit their production. This was only possible by force of arms.
An Organization of the system of alliances: Alliances were intended to create links that strengthen diplomatic relations between capitalist powers located in strategic geographic locations. They undertook to defend themselves if any of them was assaulted by one of the rival nations. This was due to the desire to defend their economic interests. Finally, two opposing blocs seeking balanced, the Triple Alliance, formed by Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy (1882) and the Triple Entente composed of France, Britain and Russia (1904 and 1907) were formed. But instead of this system of alliances it was a way to guarantee the security of nations, became a latent danger, since any incidental circumstance could become a pretext for …show more content…
Staying outside the European disputes had been a state policy throughout the history of the United States.
However, there were exceptions. How could it be otherwise among a population consisting of as different backgrounds, the German-American immigrant group raised his voice for his country to embrace the German cause. And yet the general opinion showed greater sympathy for the allies, especially Britain, France and Belgium, as very few ties joined Americans and Russians. Yes, there was a more or less generalized sense of cultural affinity with the mother country, England, which was more noticeable on the East Coast.
Although Anglophobia had not disappeared, the story had come to heal the wounds of old struggles and had already germinated in early centuries, a sort of linkage and solidarity among whites. In turn, there remained a feeling of attachment to revolutionary France, and solidarity to that country for its assistance during the Independence. By contrast, the Prussian militarism and its form of government seemed to threaten the democratic ideals as fervently defended by the United States. Germany was seen as an international threat as a danger, and this conception was compounded when submarine warfare began pounding against American
Leading causes to the war
The Colonialist policy of the great powers: the imperialist countries had done with the territorial division of the African and Asian continent and a new correlation of forces began between industrial powers such as Germany, USA, Japan, Britain and France. The strategic points were that Germany wanted the colonies of Britain and subdue Russia. Britain wanted …show more content…
Development Of Germany: Once achieved the unification of the German state, was significantly boosted the process of industrialization. Germany became the first European power of the century, with a need to control more colonies to deposit their production. This was only possible by force of arms.
An Organization of the system of alliances: Alliances were intended to create links that strengthen diplomatic relations between capitalist powers located in strategic geographic locations. They undertook to defend themselves if any of them was assaulted by one of the rival nations. This was due to the desire to defend their economic interests. Finally, two opposing blocs seeking balanced, the Triple Alliance, formed by Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy (1882) and the Triple Entente composed of France, Britain and Russia (1904 and 1907) were formed. But instead of this system of alliances it was a way to guarantee the security of nations, became a latent danger, since any incidental circumstance could become a pretext for …show more content…
Staying outside the European disputes had been a state policy throughout the history of the United States.
However, there were exceptions. How could it be otherwise among a population consisting of as different backgrounds, the German-American immigrant group raised his voice for his country to embrace the German cause. And yet the general opinion showed greater sympathy for the allies, especially Britain, France and Belgium, as very few ties joined Americans and Russians. Yes, there was a more or less generalized sense of cultural affinity with the mother country, England, which was more noticeable on the East Coast.
Although Anglophobia had not disappeared, the story had come to heal the wounds of old struggles and had already germinated in early centuries, a sort of linkage and solidarity among whites. In turn, there remained a feeling of attachment to revolutionary France, and solidarity to that country for its assistance during the Independence. By contrast, the Prussian militarism and its form of government seemed to threaten the democratic ideals as fervently defended by the United States. Germany was seen as an international threat as a danger, and this conception was compounded when submarine warfare began pounding against American