The First World War was truly a turning point in the twentieth century. It brought down dynasties and empires. It changed the United States from a provincial nation, adopting an isolation policy, into a world power, earning the name of "World Sheriff" . It made The Second World War inevitable, due to those "savage" conferences and treaties made in 1919, and set the stage for the Cold War. Besides, the "astonishing" mapping of the new nations, creating a time bomb of the Balkan racial conflicts. Nonetheless, the First World War did ended empire's ambition, emerging an atmosphere of collective security, planted seeds of international cooperation. Is The First World War created wars or bring peace to the world?
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Take the Franco-Prussian War in 1870s as an example. The causes of the Franco–Prussian War are deeply rooted in the events surrounded the unification of Germany by Bismark. The emperor of France demanded compensations in Belgium and on the left bank of the Rhine to secure France's strategic position, in which the Prussian chancellor, Bismarck, flatly refused. Prussia then turned its attention towards the south of Germany, where it sought to incorporate the southern German kingdoms, Bavaria, Württemberg into a unified Prussia-dominated Germany. France was strongly opposed to the annexation of the southern German states, which would have significantly strengthened the Prussian. The candidacy of a Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, a Prussian prince, to the throne of Spain sparked the War as France feared encirclement by the alliance between Prussia and Spain. As the result, France lost the war and humiliated by the Treaty of Frankfurt, losing the precious mining area of Alsace-Lorrine. There are hundreds of wars, resulting nation humiliation to states in Europe. This set an atmosphere of extreme nationalism in the whole Europe at the early of 20th …show more content…
In retaliation and urged on by Germany, Austria invaded Serbia. Add on the closely joint alliance system, this made a local war between Austro-Hungrian Empire and the Serbian, into a large World War. Once the war had begun, the initial reasons for being involved seemed to become less important. The great powers battled it out to see who would be left standing at the end, made it
After about a month of peace talks between Austro-Hungary and Russia (keep in mind that Serbia and Russia were allies at the time), war was declared between most of Europe, including Germany, Austro-Hungary, Belgium, France, England/the UK, and Finland, among many others. This is the Great War predicted by Bismarck.
The Austrian government was looking for a reason to send an ultimatum to Serbia and they finally had a chance. Serbia refused to comply and Austria declared war. Europe's “long-smoldering feuds” have finally erupted into war. At this particular time, Europe was suffering from many problems.... ...
Russia felt obligated to protect Serbia due to the fact that a significant number of the Russian population shared a Slavic ethnicity with the Serbian people. Tsar Nicholas II gave the offical orders to prepare for war on the 30th of July, two days after Austria-Hungry declared war on Serbia. Germany the preceded to declare war against Russia officially on the 1st of August and since the Russia was under threat, the rest of the European powers were dragged into the war in order to oblige to the alliances. Therefore it can be argued that because of Russia, the rest of European powers had to be brought into the conflict, making it a World War.
Nationalism was an important factor in the outbreak of war as well. The French desperately wanted revenge against Germany, as well as the return of the Alsace-Lorraine region which Germany had seized from them. The Germans had their own nationalism at work, as their government took great pride in the industrial growth of the country, as well as the mounting power of their military.
Franco-Prussian War leading to tensions between Germany and France. § Each country too proud to back down. It would be humiliating to back down. Para4: § Nationalism. § Germany's attitude by 1914 was that war was inevitable.
World War I, otherwise known as the Great War, began as a small battle that eventually developed into a prodigious uproar between several countries. An event that could have perhaps been avoided and prevented unnecessary deaths. WWI’s beginnings are controversial and historians throughout the world have several theories about the destructive event. Said to be one of the most disastrous and ruinous struggles between nations, The Great War lasted from July 1914 until November 1918. Referred to as a World War because of the global participation and the international unsettle; this war was exacerbated by 7 million casualties. World War I was primarily concerned with the struggle for mastery in Europe, but it was a global conflict that reached across five oceans and three continents. (Wilmott, 1) World War I introduced modern technologies including weaponry and nuclear machinery from opposing forces known as Central Powers against the Allied powers.
What triggered WWI to occur was the killing of Archduke Francis, a heir of Austria and Hungary, on June 28, 1914 who was killed by a Serbian nationalist. The nature of this war was between countries for the acquiring colonies, territories, and resources.The invasion of Serbia was another caused for the war to break out, and at the same time of the invasion Germany invaded Belgium, Luxembourg and France. There were a number of new alliances formed which later cited conflict to spread around the world. Austria and Hungary invasion of Bosnia caused indignation in many European nations. At the time, Europe was divided into countries that had strategic political and military confederation.
Above all, It's been considered that the first world war caused many changes in the world. Some changes have not changed till now. For sure, wars always cause losses, but some hidden hands get advantages of wars. Regardless which country has the right, any thing can be solved by discussions. In my opinion, in thesedays, we don't need to fight, we need to live in
Due to German development, several wars broke out with neighboring regions such as France. By gaining the territory of Alsace-Lorraine, German and French border tensions reached new heights. Due to this conflict along with several others, Germany claimed responsibility for the Great War, as exhibited in Document 4. By forcefully signing the Treaty of Versailles, Germany accepted defeat and accountability for World War I. On the contrary, in Document 5, a German nationalist opposed the idea that Germany alone was liable for outbreak of the war.
“War is unorganized murder, and nothing else” (Harry Patch). In World War 1, which was first called the Great War, there were many causes of the war breaking out. The Great War started August 1st 1914, days after the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophia, when they visited Bosnia. Many soldiers went to war for no reason but to fight for their country. The Great War was not only affected by the soldiers, but also by the civilians as well.
World War I was another major turning point in history. This turning point consisted in the way war was fought and how it has changed due to the advances in technology that took place during this time in the 1900’s. War was triggered in the Balkans where the Ottoman Empire had once maintained control. Industrialization and technology had both contributed to the advances in the development of weapons. This devastatingly was the cause of millions of deaths in World War I. War was now fought in trenches and they used machine guns as well as tanks and grenades. There was definitely a turning point in the way war would be fought. However, the most important turning point in the war had to be the involvement of the US. The US tried to remain neutral in the war but ended up joining the Allies. Thanks to the US’s involvement, however, the Allies received the help needed to win the war.
World War 1 World War 1 was called “The Great War”, “The war to end all wars”, and “The first modern war”. It has many causes and a few repercussions and I will describe them in detail. The most widely known reason for the start of World War 1 was the assassination of the Arch Duke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary in the Serbian capital of Sarajevo. The ArchDuke was there to talk to the Serbian leaders about peace on the Balkan Peninsula. After a Serbian was arrested for the assassination, Austria-Hungary pulled out of the peace talks and declared war on Serbia.
The Franco-Prussian War (also called the Franco-German War) was a military conflict between France and Germany that occurred from 1870 to 1871. The idea of a unified German nation was very popular at the time. The other major nations of Europe feared that a unified Germany would be a threat on the global stage. Germany had recently been victorious under Chancellor Otto von Bismarck in 1864 against Denmark and 1866 against Austria. These victories helped “establish Prussia as the dominant power among the German states” (“Franco-Prussian War”). Bismarck negotiated an alliance with the southern German states and prepared the Prussian army for war against France because Bismarck saw “French opposition as a major obstacle to German unification” (“Franco-Prussian War”).
... On 28 June, 1914, the assassination was successful and this was the action that triggered war. Austria-Hungary wanted revenge because their next ruler was killed so they declared war against Serbia. This is what caused the war. The Alliances ties in with these events as Austria-Hungary formed an alliance with Germany who also went to war with Serbia.
...ting power over Austria-Hungary, it assassinated its rival’s arch-duke as a means of disarming them and ridding them of a leader. The “Great War” came to be such, because countries which were significantly more powerful than Serbia and Austria-Hungary joined the war and chose sides to infiltrate and gain superiority over other countries. So the war was initiated by the power seeking of a small nation.