Causes of the First World War
“The outbreak of the First World War in 1914 grew out of a short term
crisis in the Balkans, but any attempt to understand its origins must
take into account a number of long standing developments.”
(McDonough). To discuss this judgement, we must investigate the causes
of the First World War, the consequences of these actions, and to what
extent were they responsible for the start of the war. A long term and
economical cause was colonial rivalry between the major European
superpowers. Other long term political causes include the Anglo-German
naval race, both of the Moroccan crisis, which all, among other things
heightened the tension within Europe, eventually leading to war.
Another long term ideological and political cause is the alliance
systems which is responsible for the turning a possibly localized war
into a world one, while another long term ideological and economic
cause was the Balkan problem: disagreements on what the fate of the
‘sick man of Europe’ ought to be. Last, but not least, the spark of
the war was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, which, if not for
the aforementioned factors, would have a much smaller consequence than
a world war. In fact, if not for the tension which was built and
maintained for around the last three decades, this last cause may not
even be a cause for war. So, yes, I agree with McDonough: I believe
that although it was this last event that sparked war, it would have
had no significant effect if the long term causes had not taken place.
During the nineteenth century, most of the major European powers had
no interest in colonies. But, starting ...
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...ms that it provided; it was the chain reaction guaranteed by the
alliance systems; it was the heightened tension resulting from the
Moroccan crisis as well as the Anglo French military promises that
came as a consequence of mutual fear of German attack; it was the
problem of German encirclement and what she would do to escape her
fear; it was the tension caused by the Balkan problems, and last but
not least, it was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, which was the
spark Europe needed to embark on the war that was ready to begin. So,
in conclusion, World War I “grew out of a short term crisis in the
Balkans, but any attempt to understand its origins must take into
account a number of long standing developments.” Without all the
aforementioned causes, the July Crisis 1914 would merely be a
localized war, if even that.
It may seem like wars start abruptly, with little cause, but usually there is a bigger story. New policies, lack of equality, military influence, and too much government involvement usually stir up the peace initially. These turn the country or area into a ‘powder keg’, ready to explode into war at the smallest spark. Although the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand was the spark of World War I, policies at the time like nationalism and militarism were the underlying causes of the war.
World War One or ‘The First World War’ as it became known, occurred due to many causes including the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and ideologies such as nationalism and militarism. The most obvious trigger for the war was the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie on June 28, 1914. The assassination took place during the Archduke’s visit to Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Archduke was targeted due to an ill feeling amongst Serbians that, once appointed to the throne, Ferdinand would continue the persecution of Serbs living within the borders of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Just moments after the couple had been shot; authorities arrested the triggerman, Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian student, who was believed to have been linked to the Serbian terrorist organization, The Black Hand.
The underlying cause of World War I was the build up of Nationalism, Imperialism, and Militarism in the 1800s. The “three isms” caused this great war due to the outcry in which they caused within the countries and their citizens including military build up, severe nationalism, patriotism, and extending a country 's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
The assassination of Franz Ferdinand, Austrian Archduke, is often cited as the direct cause of WWI. While it was a significant catalyst to the war, the circumstances surrounding WWI were actually more complicated. The first great world war was caused by a variety of factors including: tensions between countries due to a threatening system of alliances, stockpiling of weaponry, and nationalism.
During the period of July 1914 to November 1918 was when the world took a turn of events, and had an everlasting effect on the world including the people in it. Yet, the main focus was Europe and the United States. The causes of World War 1 also known as the Great War included both short, and long term occurrences. Some of the reasons for these occurrences included a multipolar power in Europe, Imperialism, the alliance system, nationalism, imperial rivalries in Africa / Asia, and a sudden assassination. However, this was based on what the public thought, and was some of the reoccurring things the public seen as the main reasons. In my opinion, I feel the main causes for the Great War starting off was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand which led up to nationalism, imperialism, militarism, and alliances. I say this because I seen all these as a cause and effect thing, opposed from everyone
As it's well known, the world has been totally changed after the first world war. New countries have been created, and other countries have dismissed. What do you think was the reason of that war to be started? Why do people call this war " world war"? What happened when this war had been ended? In particularly, this war caused several losses and profits at the same time.
Great War, also known as The First World War, lasted for four year (1914 to 1918). It brought a huge development of war technics and weapons. More number of countries had been involved in the Great War than any previous war. It involved the mobilization of the whole nations, not just an enormous army that turned the war into a “total war”. (Clare 6) However, historians are still arguing about the major cause of the World War I. The major cause will be one of the four long-term causes of WWI, which are Militarism, Alliance, Imperialism, and Nationalism. In my opinion, the two major causes would be Alliance and Nationalism. Alliance is an association between two or more countries for mutual benefits that formed with different treaties, while Nationalism is feeling and principles of patriotic.
World War 1 was the First World War and it happened in Europe it lasted from July 28, 1914, to November 11, 1918.Many people died and many people were let traumatized, over fifteen million people killed and twenty million wounded.The assassinations made Europe mad because they didn't know who did it and began to fight.Europeans wanted a balanced power, Alliances started to form.Some causes of the World War one include Militarism, Imperialism, Alliance system.
Nationalism was the main cause of World War 1. Without nationalism the system of alliances throughout Europe would not have been in effect. If the system of alliances had not been in effect then all of Europe would have avoided war. Austria declared war on Serbia which lead to the events of other countries slowly declaring war on each other because of how the system of alliances worked. A second form of nationalism lied within the Balkans. Slavic Serbs were looking to gain independence and freedom from the Austrian government.
Throughout history, there have been several conflicts that have disturbed the peace in various areas. One of these gruesome events happens to be World War I, which was evoked by many different causes. The most significant and immediate causes of this catastrophe was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie. Numerous nations were involved in this war, and two examples of opposing forces are Germany and Russia. World War I was resolved to an extent with the Treaty of Versailles, but it was not entirely settled. This is clear because World War II was a result of World War I.
I think that the First World War was the product of long-standing rivalries rather than a badly mismanaged Balkan Crisis because it was these rivalries that led to the Balkan Crisis. The Balkan Crisis may appear mismanaged because previous crises such as those in Morocco in 1905 and 1911 did not result in war.
In 1914 World War 1 began. There were several causes of this war and how they could be divided into long and short term causes. The long term causes were imperialism , alliances, nationalism and militarism. The short term case, which acted as a trigger to the Great War which was the assasination of (Franz Ferdinad). All of the long term goals were significant especially, militarism, which is the development of large and powerful military forces (dictionary.com).
During the first world war, there were over 65 million male soldiers from 30 different countries. These soldiers were husbands, fathers, sons, brothers, and friends. Millions of these men left to fight a battle they would never return from. World War I, also known as the Great War or the War to End All Wars, took place in France, Italy, Russia, and Turkey in 1914 and ended in 1918. The war was between countries such as Britain, France, Russia, Germany, Italy, Austria, and Turkey. This war was different from any other due to its use of “advanced weapons” such as machine guns, barbed wires, and tanks. There are many different causes of World War I. The underlying causes were imperialism, militarism, and the alliances formed between several European countries.
There were many causes leading up to the first world war. Militarism, Nationalism are a names of a few but with the crisis of 1914 better known by the assaination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. This is a main cause of World War 1 but many other factors contributed. A rivalry between many of the main powers formed alliances during this time. With countries accepting allegiance to one another if they were to be attacked by one their same foes. As countries began to accept these allegiances it made others look for partners of their own. Not all countries decided upon the forefront to pick sides some countires like Italy signed a secret treaty that if France became under attacked they were to stay neutral they would not choose a side.
Innocents of my young men, being taken away by the simple sounds of war. In 1914 the first world war had begun. Alliances had broken between western and eastern fronts, causing many problems between countries. Many states had begun to start war with each other, having each state either battling against or with an army. A simple war had quickly begun battles, adding each and every Nation, making it a world war, the first world war. World War one had many attributions towards it, with Imperialism, Nationalism, and Alliances being the main causes. What