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What Circumstances Led to World War 1?
World War 1. It is the world’s first global conflict. it was an event that began on 28 August 1914 that caused almost 10 million deaths in Europe, therefore almost killing off a generation of Europeans in the end of the war November 11 1918. 4 years of fighting and cruelty. It ended empires in Europe to turn to communism and become a totalitarian stalin in power. it pitted the central powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire against the Allied forces of Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Russia and The United States. Before The “Great War” an event must have happened to start it. There are lots of events that happened before the war started. A few events that immediately caused or triggered the first world war or the great war was the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife of Austria. Not only his death, a few other things such as The Alliance System, Nationalism, Imperialism and Militarism was also a cause of the war. In the alliance system there was the central powers of Europe which was Germany and Austria Hungary and Italy and There was the …show more content…
Militarism and the European arms race were contributing factors to the outbreak of the war. The decades before 1914 saw the development and production of frightful new weapons, capable of killing on an industrial scale. Finishing new mass-production techniques, western nations wanted these weapons and ammunition in large quantities and at a rapid pace. But the war was not just driven but new weapons but also by the pervasive culture of militarism that reigned in many parts of Europe. Among countries and alliances in Europe, Germany had the strongest militaristic culture. Its generals were also accustomed to exercising political influence. The Germany army was formed from the old Prussian army and therefore dominated by the junkers, a small but powerful group of Prussian
What Circumstances Led to World War 1?
World War 1. It is the world’s first global conflict. it was an event that began on 28 August 1914 that caused almost 10 million deaths in Europe, therefore almost killing off a generation of Europeans in the end of the war November 11 1918. 4 years of fighting and cruelty. It ended empires in Europe to turn to communism and become a totalitarian stalin in power. it pitted the central powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire against the Allied forces of Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Russia and The United States. Before The “Great War” an event must have happened to start it. There are lots of events that happened before the war started. A few events that immediately caused or triggered the first world war or the great war was the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife of Austria. Not only his death, a few other things such as The Alliance System, Nationalism, Imperialism and Militarism was also a cause of the war. In the alliance system there was the central powers of Europe which was Germany and Austria Hungary and Italy and There was the …show more content…
Militarism and the European arms race were contributing factors to the outbreak of the war. The decades before 1914 saw the development and production of frightful new weapons, capable of killing on an industrial scale. Finishing new mass-production techniques, western nations wanted these weapons and ammunition in large quantities and at a rapid pace. But the war was not just driven but new weapons but also by the pervasive culture of militarism that reigned in many parts of Europe. Among countries and alliances in Europe, Germany had the strongest militaristic culture. Its generals were also accustomed to exercising political influence. The Germany army was formed from the old Prussian army and therefore dominated by the junkers, a small but powerful group of Prussian