how did the world war 1 started? why?

Answer 1

I would imagine that you're entirely too young to read about it if I suggest a book. In fact I'm sure it'll bore you to death because you want a quick answer...which there really isn't one.
However...The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchmann details all of the political and military events that led up to the War to End All Wars.

On a side note, the German Chancellor was asked "What was the cause of WWI?". He answered..."Ach...If we only knew".

You'll see (if you read the book) that an entire series of diplomatic blunders walked Europe straight into this mess. The mobilization of Russia and England and France and Germany and Austria all got one another rattled and the next thing you know...Boom!

The assination of the Archduke and his wife was just the spark that finally blew up the powder keg.

Answer 2

World War I (abbreviated WWI), also known as the First World War, the Great War and "The War to End All Wars" was a global military conflict that took place mostly in Europe between 1914 and 1918. It was a total war which left millions dead and shaped the modern world.
The Allied Powers, led by France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and later Italy and the United States, defeated the Central Powers: Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire.

The Main cause for starting of the war was -
On June 28, 1914, Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austrian throne, and his wife, in Sarajevo. Princip was a member of Young Bosnia, a group whose aims included the unification of the South Slavs and independence from Austria-Hungary (see also: the Black Hand). The assassination in Sarajevo set into motion a series of fast-moving events that escalated into a full-scale war. However, the distal causes of the conflict were multiple and complex. Historians and political scientists have grappled with them for nearly a century without reaching a consensus on what definitively could be said to have caused the war.

Answer 3

Excellent question. One of the most debated in political science. Essentially, the following are the most adhered to (i) the major powers had spun such a web of interconnecting alliances that when a spark went off (the assassination of the Archduke), an inevitable series of mobilizations and countermobilisations occurred, (ii) institutional behavior theory: each of the major powers had put in place military strategies for a war contingency so that when an actual spark went off, the military bureaucracies had no choice but to implement their pre-existing war plans, (iii) the Kaiser madness theory (the Kaiser was such a nut that he would have used any excuse for war), (iv) the balance of power theory (whenever a rising power, such as Germany in the early part of the century challenges the established order, war is inevitable), and (v) the communications breakdown theory (that war was not at all inevitable, but that the various diplomats and politic ans involved failed to adequately convey to their respective governments the effective consequences of general mobilization). I believe there are a couple of other theories, but these are the major ones.

Answer 4

There had been many purpose, amongst them the assassination of the Arch Duke Ferdinand in Serbia. But whilst you come all the way down to fundamentals that was once extra of an excuse to begin the struggle than the purpose. A significant aspect was once that Britain was once speedily loosing it is fiscal result in Germany and notion to reduce them all the way down to measurement. More evidence had been the entirely atrocious peace stipulations compelled on Germany once they surrendered which lead straight and inevitable to Hitler and WW two.

Answer 5

A Serbian student assassinated the Austrian-Hungarian Arch Duke.

Answer 6

the first world war began when competition in europe for the best naval army as well as airforce and land armies started between germany, france and britain....europe had all started foming alliances against one another....it was triggered by the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand from austria in sarajevo...the whole world just took sides and fought...it was mostly in europe

Answer 7

Mr Princip assisnated Archduke Ferdinand in Vienna. or someplace in Europe. Princip was a member of The Black Hand. It was an Astrian/Hungary thing. But escalated as countries called thier allies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand_of_Austria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_in_Sarajevo