WWI causes?

Question

what were the causes of the first world war?

Answer 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_war_1#Causes

Answer 2

Many Factors contributed to the days leading up to the beginning of a war which was given the name The Great War, or The War to End All Wars, later to be known as World War I. Seeing that Bosnia was a newly announced province of the Austria-Hungarian empire, on July 28, 1914, Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his pregnant wife Sophia made a state visit to Bosnia’s capital city Sarajevo. Ferdinand and his wife decided to ignore the building tension from the soldier’s of the new province’s government and made the trip regardless. Riding in a car through the streets of Sarajevo, a bomb was thrown in an attempt to kill the Archduke and his wife. The bomb bounced off the car and killed two officers in another vehicle. Ferdinand and Sophia were shot by assassin, Gavrilo Princip, who part of a group of a Serbian nationalist’s group known as The Black Hand. The Black Hand believed that Bosnia should not be a part of Austria-Hungary, but rather part of neighboring Serbia.

Although the Assassination of Ferdinand and his wife ignited WWI, Most of the Major Causes of the war were already present before 1914. Four of the main causes were imperialism, militarism, nationalism, and a very complicated, entangled alliance system.

Answer 3

World War 1 (1914-1918)

The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand triggered World War 1. But the war had its origins in developments of the 1800's.

The main causes of World War 1 were:
The rise in nationalism
Build-up of military might
System of military alliances

The rise of nationalism.
Europe avoided major wars in the 100 years before World War 1 began. In the 1800's, a force swept across the continent that helped bring about the Great War. The force was nationalism - the belief that loyalty to a person's nation and its political and economic goals comes before any other public loyalty. During the 1800's nationalism took hold among people who shared a common language, history, or culture. Such people began to view themselves as members a national group or nation. Nationalism led to the creation of two new powers - Italy and Germany - through the uniting of many small states. War had a major role in achieving nation unification in Italy and Germany. On the other hand, nationalism weakened the eastern European empires of Austria-Hungary, Russia, and Ottoman Turkey. Those empires ruled many national groups that clamored for independence. The Balkan Peninsula or the "Powder Keg of Europe" caused tensions and therefore threatened to ignite a major war. Rivalry for control of the Balkans added to the tensions that erupted into World War 1.

A build-up of military might occurred among European countries before World War 1 broke out. Nationalism encouraged public support for military build-ups and for a country's use of force to achieve its goals. By the late 1800's, Germany had the best-trained army in the world. In 1898 Germany began developing a naval force that was big enough to challenge the British navy. In 1906, the British navy launched the Dreadnought, the first modern battleship. The Dreadnought had greater firepower that any other ship of its time. Germany rushed to construct on just likeit. Advances in technology helped aid in making military forces stronger. Machine guns and other new arms fired more accurately and more rapidly than earlier weapons. By the end of the 1800's, technology enabled countries to fight longer and bear greater losses that ever before.

A system of military alliances gave European powers a sense of security before World War 1. They formed these alliances with each other for protection and guarantee that other members of the alliance would come to the country's aid if attacked. Although alliances provided protection, the system also created certain dangers. If war came, the alliance system meant that a number of nations would fight, not only the two involved in a dispute. Alliances could force a country to go to war against a nation it had no quarrel with. In addition, the terms of many alliances were kept secret. The secrecy also increased the chances that a county might guess wrong about the consequences of its actions.

The Triple Alliance was made up of 3 countries, Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary. They all agreed to go to war if attacked by Russia. Bismarck also brought Austria-Hungary and Germany into alliance with Russia. The agreement was known as the Three Emperor's League and was formed in 1881. They all agreed to remain neutral if any of them went to war with another country. In 1890 when Bismarck left office it gave a chance for Russia and France to form an alliance. In 1894, France and Russia agreed to call up troops if any nation in the Triple Alliance mobilized. Russia and France also agreed to help each other if either were attacked be Germany.








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Answer 4

lead to ww 2. Germany became weak and vulnerable, that they accepted the 1st person that promised them food "Hitler" thus leading to world war 2