Was WWI not inevitable...?

Question

If so...why do you think so??!!?!

Answer 1

It was inevitable because after the unification of Germany in 1871 they wanted to compete with Britain as a global power.
The key to this was a strong navy so an arms race was started and by the early 20th century both countries had very strong forces.
In the meantime various alliances had been formed by Germany and by the countries that felt threatened by Germany so that on one side were the Central Powers which consisted of Germany, Austria/Hungary and Turkey, and on the other side were Russia,France, Britain and Serbia.
These countries also made complex plans to mobilise their forces swiftly in the event of war. On the European continent these plans depended on immediately moving large numbers of troops by railway. This meant that once there was an incident that made the prospect of war imminent these countries would have to put these plans into operation without delay.
Unfortunately once this happened there would be no opportunity to halt the process because of the necessity of keeping to the railway timetable which was immensely complex.
It just needed one spark to set the whole thing off and that occured in 1914 which the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand at Sarajevo

Answer 2

There was so many factors involved that were guiding the nations to conflict. The inferiority of Kaiser Willy and his deformed left arm, the build up of navies and the rise of national movements. The grudges and hatreds festering from the Franco-Prussian War. But binding all of these together was a feeling that war was a normal event in the course of human growth. That one was late, as the last major European fight was in 1870. Governments and peoples went to war with the same feeling of a kid going back to school, trepidation, fear and some excitement. They also went in with a feeling inevitability, that no one or power had any choice or control over the situation so they made no effort to change events.The problem was that war had "advanced" a long way from the Napoleonic glory most people imagined. One politician said that war purified the blood of the nation of toxins that built up during peace and a good bloodletting was good for the nation, gave the young men a chance to prove themselves. If they had known the hell that they were about to face maybe they would have tried harder to avert the war.

Answer 3

with all the military alliances and reckless monarchs and intertwined realtionships in Europe something was bound to happen, plus it wasnt till after WWI did a huge change happen in that war was now FINALLY considered a bad thing. Europe had had wars all the time before WWI so no one thought it would be any different until whole generations were wiped out within months. so I think some sort of huge european war was eventually gonna happen since no one took war that seriously, but WWII definately didnt have to happen.

Answer 4

WW I was not avoidable, simply because the European powers at the time were looking for excuses to break up the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the influence they had over the surrounding states. It was the perfect excuse to redraw the lines of Europe and establish the western countries, the UK and France as the domineering powers of Europe.

Answer 5

For over 100 years before 1914, Britain, France and the USA had been busy expanding their countries/empires by invading other people's lands and occupying/colonising/ controlling them. By the law of "what goes round comes round", these countries had to be attacked themselves and to suffer huge losses in order to teach them to quit imperialism. In Austria-Hungary and Turkey the necessary destruction was different: of internal oppressive regimes that were preventing the free expression of peoples such as the Czechs, Greeks and Egyptians. Russia brought the greatest suffering on itself because it created both disasters: imperialism and internal oppression.

Answer 6

Yes, wars are PLANNED.
Google up Gen Smeddly Butler on his piece "War is a racket" and see what he has to say about it. He doesn't supply all the answers,but he's close. Good luck

Answer 7

Don't use double negatives, please