Can you tell me 3 reasons why World War 1 was fought.?

Answer 1

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Causes
Main article: Causes of World War I
On 28 June 1914, Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb student, shot and killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie Chotek, in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia, which had been annexed by Austria-Hungary in 1908. 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. Austria-Hungary demanded certain actions by Serbia to punish those responsible for the assassination. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia when it was deemed that Serbia had failed to fully comply. Many major European powers came to be at war with each other within a matter of weeks. This was due to overlapping agreements for collective defense and the complex nature of international alliances at that time. However, the conflict also had deeper causes which were multiple and complex.


1. Arms races
The naval race that developed between Britain and Germany was intensified by Britain's 1906 launch of HMS Dreadnought, a revolutionary warship that rendered all previous battleships obsolete. (Britain maintained a large lead over Germany in all categories of warship.) Both nations believed that command of the sea was vital to a great nation.

2. Plans, distrust and mobilisation
Closely related is the thesis adopted by many political scientists that the war plans of Germany, France and Russia automatically escalated the conflict. Fritz Fischer and his followers have emphasised the inherently aggressive nature of the Schlieffen Plan, which outlined German strategy if at war with both France and Russia. Conflict on two fronts meant Germany had to eliminate one opponent quickly before taking on the other, relying on a strict timetable. It called for a strong right flank attack, to seize Belgium and cripple the French army by pre-empting its mobilisation.

After the attack, the German army would then rush to the eastern front by railroad and quickly destroy the more slowly mobilizing military of Russia.

In a greater context, France's own Plan XVII called for an offensive thrust into Germany’s industrial Ruhr Valley which would cripple Germany’s ability to wage war.

Russia’s revised Plan XIX implied a mobilisation of its armies against both Austria-Hungary and Germany.

All three created an atmosphere where generals and planning staffs were anxious to seize the initiative and achieve decisive victories. Elaborate mobilisation plans with precise timetables were prepared. Once the mobilisation orders were issued, both generals and statesmen alike understood that there was little or no possibility of turning back or a key advantage would be sacrificed. Furthermore, the problem of communications in 1914 should not be underestimated; all nations still used telegraphy and ambassadors as the main form of communication, which resulted in delays of hours or even days.

3. Militarism and autocracy
President Woodrow Wilson of the United States and other observers blamed the war on militarism. The idea was that aristocrats and military elites had too much control over Germany, Russia and Austria, and the war was a consequence of their desire for military power and disdain for democracy. This was a theme that figured prominently in anti-German propaganda, which cast Kaiser Wilhelm II and Prussian military tradition in a negative light. Consequently, supporters of this theory called for the abdication of such rulers, the end of the aristocratic system and the end of militarism — all of which justified American entry into the war once Czarist Russia dropped out of the Allied camp.

Wilson hoped the League of Nations and universal disarmament would secure a lasting peace. He also acknowledged variations of militarism that, in his opinion, existed within the British and French political systems.

There was some validity to this view of the war, as the Allies consisted of Great Britain and France, both democracies, fighting the Central Powers, which included Germany, an autocracy, and the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires, both of them autocratic empires which had subjugated various nationalities and peoples. Russia, one of the Allied Powers, was an empire until 1917, but it was opposing the subjugation of Slavic peoples by the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Thus, this view of the war as democracy versus dictatorship had some validity, although it lost credibility as the war lengthened and grew more costly.

4. Economic imperialism
Vladimir Lenin asserted that the worldwide system of imperialism was responsible for the war. In this, he drew upon the economic theories of Karl Marx and English economist John A. Hobson, who had earlier predicted the outcome of economic imperialism, or unlimited competition for expanding markets, would lead to a global military conflict. This argument proved popular in the immediate wake of the war and assisted in the rise of Marxism and Communism. Lenin argued that large banking interests in the various capitalist-imperialist powers had pulled the strings in the various governments and led them into the war.

5. Trade barriers
Cordell Hull believed that trade barriers were the root cause of both World War I and World War II, and designed the Bretton Woods Agreements to reduce trade barriers, and thus eliminate what he saw as the root cause of the two world wars.


5. Ethnic and political rivalries, both old and new
A localised war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia was considered inevitable due to Austria-Hungary’s deteriorating world position and the Pan-Slavic separatist movement in the Balkans. The expansion of such ethnic sentiments coincided with the growth of Serbia, where anti-Austrian sentiment was perhaps at its most fervent; Austria-Hungary had occupied the former Ottoman province of Bosnia-Herzegovina which had a large Serb population since 1878 and formally annexed it in 1908. The nationalistic sentiments also coincided with the decline of the Ottoman Empire, which formerly held sway over much of the region. Imperial Russia supported the Pan-Slavic movement, motivated by ethnic and religious loyalties, dissatisfaction with Austria (dating back to the Crimean War, but most recently concerning a failed Russian-Austrian treaty) and a century-old dream of a warm water port.

As for Germany, its location in the center of Europe led to the decision for an active defense, culminating in the Schlieffen Plan. At the same time, the transfer of the contested Alsace and Lorraine territories and defeat in the Franco-Prussian War influenced France’s policy, characterised by revanchism. The French formed an alliance with Russia, and a two-front war became a distinct possibility for Germany.

Answer 2

international conflict I remains often happening in the present day because of the fact the super conflict, even after WWII. It became additionally talked approximately as the conflict to end All Wars, which of course it wasn't. WWI began in 1914 and resulted in 1918. The conflict became between what became talked approximately as the Entente Powers, led by potential of the united kingdom, France, Russia and Italy from 1915 and the often happening Powers led by potential of Germany, the Austro-Hungarian empire and the Ottoman empire. As in WWII, many different colonies and countries all over the area have been additionally in touch interior the conflict and additionally as in WWII, united statesa. basically entered the conflict late, basically in 1917. Russia withdrew from the conflict in 1917, whilst the communists gained the Revolution. WWI became particularly often happening for the trenches alongside the Western front, the place the warriors have been truly not something better than cannon fodder. It additionally observed the 1st air battles interior the background of mankind and the 1st airforce pilots and casualties. The jap front, the middle jap front and the Italian front additionally observed heavy scuffling with and casualties. It became anticipated that approximately 40 million human beings died in the process the conflict. the tip of the conflict observed the disintegration of the Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian and Russian empires. Germany additionally lost all their colonies. The real Treaty of Versailles became basically signed on 28 June 1919, after the conflict became formally ended on Martinmas 1918 at 23h00, the so-talked approximately as eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. the tough words which particularly France insisted upon in direction of Germany, became between the main suitable motives of the 2d WW. i wish this facilitates, yet you will possibly desire to truly Google it. there is plenty and distinctive information approximately WWI on the cyber web, try additionally Wikipedia. Its this variety of convoluted background, it won't be able to truly be replied completely right here on YA.

Answer 3

1 serbia.
2 serbia
3 serbia

Answer 4

1) Read.
2) Hint: Tuchman, Barbara
(Reason 2: _The guns of August_)
3) Hint Reed, John.
(Reason 1: "Profit" --John Reed)

Answer 5

By the early 20th century, the countries of Western Europe had reached a high level of material prosperity. However, competition for trade markets and imperial possessions worldwide had led to a growth of nationalistic sentiment. This nationalism created great political tension between the single - nation states such as France and Germany, and threatened the stability of multi - nation states such as Austria - Hungary. These tensions were reflected in jingoistic propaganda, an arms race between the major powers, and trade barriers and tariffs which exacerbated tensions further.

In Germany, the close involvement of the military aristocracy in politics and commerce gave these tensions a militaristic slant. Germany's existence as a unified state dated only from 1870, and its late start in the European scramble for world empires prompted some Germans to look to territorial expansion in Europe itself as a means of making up lost ground. This attitude built on a deep - seated German fear of ` the Russian menace ´ .

Even the least militaristic of Germans understood the need for access to raw materials, ready - made trade markets, and outlets in colonial possessions for their country's surplus people that the empire had brought to Britain. The small German colonial empire had to be guarded by a powerful navy, but the expansion of the German navy was regarded as a direct threat in Britain. Similarly, German diplomatic efforts to recover the stability of Bismarck's day in Europe by combining Central Europe into a formidable bloc exacerbated fears of German expansionism in France and Russia.

In 1902 Lord Lansdowne, British foreign secretary, abandoned the previous British policy of isolation. He concluded the Anglo - Japanese Treaty, relieving Britain of large naval commitments in the Pacific, and the Entente Cordiale with France in 1904.

Widespread nationalistic unrest in the Balkan provinces of the Austro - Hungarian Empire had resulted in strained relations between Austria - Hungary and Serbia, regarded as sponsor of the nationalist movements. While visiting Sarajevo, capital of the Austro - Hungarian province of Bosnia - Herzegovina, on 28 June 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir of the Austro - Hungarian emperor, was assassinated by a Bosnian student, Gavrilo Prinzip, backed by the Serbian nationalist Black Hand organization.

The Austro - Hungarian government sought to punish Serbia for the crime and Germany promised support, despite the danger of involving Russia, ultimate patron of the Balkan nationalist movements. Austria - Hungary presented Serbia with an ultimatum on 23 July, requesting a reply within 48 hours. Serbia, on Russian advice, agreed to all the demands except two which conflicted with its authority as a sovereign state. Austro - Hungarian armies near the Serbian border were mobilized.

Russia mobilized its forces against Austria - Hungary on 29 July. On the same day Austrian artillery bombarded the Serbian capital, Belgrade, while the German High Seas Fleet was transferred from the Baltic to the North Sea. News of the Russian mobilization reached Berlin 31 July ; Germany demanded that Russian mobilization should cease, and asked France for a notification by 1 p.m. the following day that it would remain neutral in the event of a Russo - German war, despite treaty obligations to Russia. Long - established German war plans envisaged a crushing blow against France as a precursor to concentration against a Russian invasion.

Sir Edward Grey, the British foreign secretary, asked for renewed assurances that Belgian neutrality (guaranteed by a treaty of 1839) would be respected. France gave these guarantees, but Germany's answer was evasive and Britain formally notified Germany on 1 August that it could not ignore a threat to Belgian neutrality. The following day German troops entered Luxembourg, and shortly after there were skirmishes between French and German troops in Alsace.

Meanwhile, Germany demanded the right of passage through Belgium to counter possible French moves. Asquith, the British prime minister, issued orders for mobilization on 2 August and the following day Belgium rejected the German demand and Germany declared war on France. Germany invaded Belgium on 4 August. Britain demanded German withdrawal : there was no formal reply, and so from midnight on Tuesday 4 August 1914 Britain and Germany were at war.

Answer 6

1)2 powerful gps wer formed
2)british wanted to overthrow da other countries and rule da whole world
3) i am sorry dunno da third but u can scroll through da google site and search thouroughly