Was Germany To Blame For WWI?

Germany should be blamed for the cause of WWI, because germany was in need of nationalism to support itself against strikes from the working class and imperialism which lead germany to militarize, but Germany was not the only nation to benefit from the war, other nations also gained nationalism, imperialism, and militarism.

It might seem that imperialism, nationalism, and militarism encouraged Germany to start WWI, but other nations also were evoke towards WWI, because of the benefits. Germany may caused the war, but disparate countries joined in do to its benefits. When countries joined in WWI they gained land in different benefiting areas, they obtained pride in their nation, and countries ameliorate their army. In 1905 through 1914 Russia was going through many strikes, revolution, and mutiny and Russia needed a way of distracting the working class against the government, in which WWI occurred and Russia used that to its advantage to create nationalism, imperialism, and militarism in its own nation, which stopped the revolution, strikes, and mutiny. (Book pg , lecture 12/10-12/15) This …show more content…
Germany and the working class had great ordeal with another, in which the working class were trying to strike against the government. The German government needed to disorient the working class and war was perfect distraction. In 1914 & 1915 Germany wanted all the working class to unite and support germany in the war, by enrolling to be on the battlefield. Germany obtained it wish’s for nationalism and the working class brought a halt to plan for strikes and went off to war.(germany packet1) This authenticate that Germany initiated to cause this war to benefits it’s own government, because Nationalism was a big part of it in which the government needed in order to stop the strikes against the