What Was The Cause Of World War One?

Question

Could Anyone help me I am looking for a few words that cause World War 1

Answer 1

The immediate cause of WW1 was the assasinate of Austrian Archduke Ferdinand and consequent outbreak of war between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Serbia. The broader cause was the imbalances in political and economic power among the various imperial powers which had accumulated in the century since the end of the Napoleonic wars.

Answer 2

The fellow people stated correctly but not accurately. The assaniation was the spark but the moderinism of military and surge of nationalism among Germany, France, Ottoman empire, and Japan was the keg . In reality the world leaders wanted to fight in the late 19 century however they had no direct reason to go to war. So when the archduke was shot, the world leaders jumped on the bandwagon of Serbia and Bosnia to cause the most inhumane war ever recorded. An entire generation of Russians men were killled. This clearly illustrates the horror of this world.

Answer 3

In January 18th 1871 German Unification took place under the leadership of Bismark and Kaiser William I. through the use of clever foreign diplomacy. France had been totally isolated. Russia and Germany signed secret treaties - 'reinsurance treaties' - in the 1880s. These ensured Germany and Russia remained on friendly terms, and that France remained isolated. Kaiser William died in 1888. His sucessor, Frederick, died within 3 months. The Kaiser who followed, William II, clashed with Bismark in two policy areas:
Russia and the Navy

The Russo-French agreement from 1893-1895

The Alliance System In 1895, Europe was divided into two alliances:
The Dual Entente and the Triple Alliance

Britain prided herself on her policy of 'Splendid Isolation'.This policy meant that she would only get involved with British Empire matters and didn't wish to tied up in any continental alliance.Britain would only busy herself with the affairs of the British Empire and not get tied up with any continental alliance. Britain abandons Splendid Isolation
At the turn of the twentieth century, Britain recognised that Splendid Isolation would have to be abandoned.There were a number of reasons:
relations with Germany
worries about being on the fringes of Europe
outstanding quarrels
reactions to the Boer War
and challenges to Britain's power.


The Anglo-Japanese Alliance [1902]
The Entente Cordiale [1904]

In many ways the Bonsian Herzegovina crisis of 1908 was the dress rehearsal for the outbreak of World War I.

The Agadir Crisis, 1911
This was the Moroccan crisis. Following disturbances in the country the Sultan asked the French to send in troops to 'restore order'.

The Agadir crisis of 1911 was the third crisis leading to the First World War. Germany again tried to frustrate French interests in Morocco.

Two Balkan Wars, 1912 and 1913

In Sarajevo on 28th June 1914 the heir to the Austrian throne was assassinated by a young Serb, Gavrilo Princip.

Sarajevo was the capital of the Austrian ruled Bosnia.
This event sparked World War One!

Answer 4

Immediate cause was the assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Alliances between countries are what actually caused the whole world to get involved. Otherwise it would have remained a small incident.

Answer 5

On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the nephew of Emperor Franz Joseph and heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, duchess of Hohenburg, were assassinated in Sarajevo, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The conspiracy involved Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb student. Gavrilo Princip was part of a group of fifteen assailants, who formed the Young Bosnia group, acting with support from the Black Hand, some members of which were part of the Serbian government.

Following the assassination, the Austrain-Hungarian government, supported by their German allies, determined to punish the Serbians for the assassination, and on July 23 sent an ultimatum to the Serbs with demands so extreme that it was expected to be rejected. The Serbians, relying on the hope of support from Russia, gave an equivocal response which led to Austrian rejection, and to a declaration of war on July 28. The Russians mobilized in support of their Serbian allies. First, this was only partial mobilization, directed against only the Austrian frontier. On July 31, after the Russian high command told the emperor that this was logistically impossible, a general mobilization was ordered. The German war plan, which relied on a quick strike against the Russians' French allies while the Russian army slowly mobilized, could not afford to allow the Russians to begin mobilization without launching their attack on the west. As such, the Germans declared war against Russia on August 1 and against France two days later, immediately launching an invasion of Luxembourg and Belgium to get around the fortifications along the Franco-German border. This violation of Belgium's neutrality led to a British declaration of war on Germany on August 4. With this declaration, five of the six great European powers became involved in the first European general war since the Napoleonic Wars.

Although World War I was triggered by this chain of events unleashed by the assassination, the war's origins go deeper, involving national politics, cultures, economics, and a complex web of alliances and counterbalances that developed between the various European powers over the course of the nineteenth century, following the final 1815 defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte and the ensuing Congress of Vienna.

The reasons for the outbreak of World War I are a complicated issue; there are many factors that intertwine. Some examples are:

Fervent and uncompromising nationalism
Unresolved previous disputes
The intricate system of alliances
Convoluted and fragmented governance
Delays and misunderstandings in diplomatic communications
The arms races of the previous decades.
Rigidity in military planning
Colonial rivalry
Economic rivalry
Nationalism between the countries
Alliances formed
The various categories of explanation for World War I correspond to different historians' overall methodologies. Most historians and popular commentators include causes from more than one category of explanation to provide a rounded account of the causal circumstances behind the war. The deepest distinction among these accounts is that between stories which find it to have been the inevitable and predictable outcome of certain factors, and those which describe it as an arbitrary and unfortunate mistake.

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Answer 6

The assassination of the archduke, as some people said started the war in Europe. America later entered the war because of the sinking of the Lusitania.

The person who said it had to do with Hitler has their wars confused. That was WWII.

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Answer 7

Some guy assassinated some important people and a war was started. The different countries first involved backed other countries and it started a war. Then America was dragged in when they were attacked by i think german submarines.

Answer 8

World War I

WEB LINKS

PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS.

Fantastic Resources.

http://www.historyteacher.net/APEuroCourse/WebLinks/WebLinks-WorldWar1.htm

World War I

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWusaG.htm

Although the USA had strong ties with Britain, Wilson was concerned about the large number of people in the country who had been born in Germany and Austria. Other influential political leaders argued strongly in favour of the USA maintaining its isolationist policy. This included the pacifist pressure group, the American Union Against Militarism.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWW.htm

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook38.html

Read and listen to stories of the War from the people who lived it. Explore diaries, letters, scrapbooks, newspaper cuttings, photos and keepsakes.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/worldwarone/

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/firstworldwar/

http://www.wfa-usa.org/new/links.cfm

An Internet History of The Great War

http://www.worldwar1.com/

Good luck

Answer 9

Most historians agree that the major cause was the assasination of Austria's Archduke Ferdinand.

Answer 10

the assasination of austrian archduke franz ferdinand sparked conflict between the austro-hungarians and serbians. this eventually turned into a full scale war becuase of alliances between countries

additionally, mitiliarism, the arms race, and economic imperalism increased tensions between the european nations