Causes World War 1Causes World War 1It can be said that the First world war was caused by the alliance system, which has a very weak argument, the alliance system had very little to do with the first world war, it did to some extent cause the size of the war, but its argument in my opinion is very weak. Many other causes lean towards the side against the alliance system causing the first world war, which I believe is credible.
The alliance system did cause the size of the war as it caused countries to be pulled in. First made in the Franco- Prussian war. Alliances held countries to some sort of standard and normally required something of each participant. The triple alliance signed by Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy bound each country to give military support in a case of war or “if any one member of the alliance was at war with any two great powers other members would come to aid”. When the entente was made it did not intend for reciprocal arrangements for support, though it did allow wide variety of arrangements negotiations to take place, one negotiation would have been of support in war. But by 1911 A.J.P Taylor said “the entente was in the process of disintegration.” and was not seen as strong, because of the triple alliance Germany came to Austrias aid willingly, which plunged Germany into war.
When Germany declared war on France and Russia, Austria- Hungary was pulled into that battle to fulfill their part of the alliance. This had four major powers fighting. Alliances pulled countries into war because if they were not followed a threat of retaliation would be expected.
On the other hand.Other causes include Nationalists wanting freedom, causing the Slavs to ultimately assassinate the duke and causing hate towards to Austrian empire. Nationalism was also a major cause of war, it caused problems especially in Austria- Hungary and France. This same nationalism had brought Germany together a one country and who took Alsace- Lorraine from the French in 1870- 1871 in the Franco- Prussian war, and in recent times the Moroccan crisis which left the French with hatred as an attitude towards the Germans, the thought of revenge was also one that was favored by the French nationalists. While this unrest was happening in France, nationalism was also causing problems in the areas of Austria- Hungary, over here the nationalists were slavists who wanted freedom from the Austrian empire, they had been growing more and more restless with Russia encouraging these wants of Slavs freedom till all hell broke loose when a nationalist assassinated the arch-duke which opened the gates to world war 1.
The assassination of the archduke marked the start of the war, this did not involve any alliance just hate and oppression of the Slavs. The assassination of the archduke Franz Ferdinand began the unfolding of the events that led to war. Gavrilo Princip wanted to free Slavic people from the clutches of the Habsburgs he shot the arch duke and his wife in Bosnia while on tour. Austria issued a ultimatum about a month later, which Serbia refused to comply by thus starting a war between Austria and Serbia. Germany agreeing to support Austria because she was eager to apply her influence on the Balkan states and to keep Russia from gaining any more. If Austria won which was counted on and forseen, Germany would have more power and control in these states. Russia was on the side of Serbia and encouraged them to fight knowing that France would come to their aid if help was needed. Thus when Austria declared war on Serbia, Russia mobilized which caused Germany to declare war on Russia. France mobilized on the side of Russia, Germany decided to declare war on France which put the Schlieffen plan in action causing Britain to declare war on Germany because of the invasion of Belgium. The assassination did not occur because of an alliance or treaty, nor did the war with Serbia occur because of an alliance which plunged all of Europe into a war. Gavrilo Princip known to historians as ” a teenager with a gun who started the First world war.”
Imperialism caused tensions between countries and had caused some controversies which were serious, in the end caused powers to lash out and protect what they had. Imperialism had grown steadily worse by the start of the war, with countries fighting over land and colonies in Africa and China, this produced the worse crisis which was that of the Moroccan crisis which Germany sought to take control of by bullying the French to cave in. Joining the war was counted as payback for France. The “arms race” which furthered the tension between major powers, armies began expanding and around 300% more was being spent on them a their belief at the time was victory went to the country with the most ammunition, this brought on what is known as the
-*>Battle of the Americas
War of the Americas began when the Allied powers invaded and defeated our own nation. They are one of the major powers in the world, they had attacked and they occupied the Americas and the Black Sea for some time. A war broke out between the Allied powers a peace treaty for the islands. In that war the United States lost on its own in battle while the Kingdom of Canada, one of which was lost was declared a free nation by America, although some had declared that they had never declared another right for themselves with all due due regard. They used military force, and the result was that American territory was taken by these countries over that was the last thing they wanted in the Americas to hold. This war, however, did not turn the tide of the world war, nor are our allies the best of nations, but it did prove to be the catalyst for the conflict in the U.S. and other lands since. War of the Americas
War of the Americas is a highly debated game that began in the U.S. with the initial conflict between America and our allies over the South Atlantic continent. America’s war, however, was not to be allowed to continue into World War One, for the American colonists claimed their land over and over again, until the British settled the colonies in 1748. In 1834 Washington had, on June 13, 1835, announced his plans to build a military base in Ohio State to be used exclusively for defending the people. Washington told the entire world about what he believed to be a great opportunity to be taken. The Indians and others were convinced the new military base would be of immense value and should include all the important American towns and villages. But Washington didn’t go into detail. He also informed the rest of the world that the base was not for American military purposes and his proposal was never accepted by the majority of people. At first people were not so sure then but they had no sense of humor. So Washington was going to build a military HQ in Ohio State, which had been proposed by the Continental Congress but never came through in force after it began negotiations. He had been using other facilities of the country to hold military bases, and he proposed to build a Navy base. These were not just the places like the one in Ohio State but also the cities that had been claimed for their colonists. In early June 1836 the American colonists sent a letter to Washington. The letter stated that the U.S. army was to continue in that nation, but the colonists believed this was a bluff to get what they wanted. This proved a hard sell to Washington, whose decision to destroy the colonies was made by this letter. Eventually he received the letters and they were sealed. That letter he told to Henry Ford, in December 1837, stating that that American colonies were in need of a new military establishment. The letter was signed by General William Tecumseh Sherman as he arrived