Throughout WWI, countries joined the war …show more content…
When Serbia denied Austria-Hungary’s request to conduct an investigation on Serbian land, AH declared war on Serbia. Russia then declared war on AH to protect the people of Serbia. As a consequence of the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance, treaties that required countries to assist each other during a war, Russia, France, Great Britain, Germany and Italy joined the war shortly after. Due to alliance systems originally intended to give countries extra assistance, all major world powers were dragged into what is now known as WWI because of a minor conflict between Serbia and Austria-Hungary, the assassination of two people. As both sides of the war gained more alliances, the countries needed to build largest army possible, so they started creating a strong sense of nationalism, pride for one’s country, through the use of propaganda. In All Quiet on the Western Front, a schoolmaster named