Causes of the First World War

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Causes of the First World War “The real reason for the whole thing was that it was just too much trouble not to have a war,” captain Blackadder pointed out. Europe was building up tensions at that stage and all the central powers were getting ready incase of a war. But the war couldn’t have break out just because of this, something or someone must have sparked off the war. The war started at such a short time, at first millions of people wanted to join in the army and thought it was the time for them to have an exciting adventure. People all thought the war would be over in a short time and nobody thought it would last for 4 year or the horrors of trench warfare. Millions of people died in the First World War, what caused these to happen so fast? Britain always had the most powerful navy in the world to protect his empire. But Germany was united into one powerful country and its leader, Kaiser Wilhelm announced in 1898 that he is going to increase the size of Germany’s navy. Britain launched his first Dreadnought in 1906 and soon, Germany started to build Dreadnoughts as well and a naval race started between these two countries. By 1914 Britain built 29 Dreadnoughts all together and Germany built 17. This competition caused a great tension between Britain and Germany. But Britain is particularly concerned about the growing Germany; maybe it was the best to show Germany their power so the Germans wouldn’t dare to attack them. Britain’s empire covered a quarter of the world. As Germany was growing strong, Kaiser Wilhelm also was eager for colonies and wanted to expand his empire like Britain and France. Britain sensed the dangerous of Germany and was very worried. Germany has already overtaken Britain by producing more iron, more steel, more coal and even more cars. France is also distrusted of Germany because the Franco-Prussia war.

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