World War I: Militarism, Imperialism, And Nationalism

People believe that the main cause of World War 1 was the assassination of the heir of Austria-Hungary Arch-Duke Franz Ferdinand. However, I believe there’s more to it. There were many other contributions that led to the outbreak of the First World War. In this essay, I’m going to explain why the causes of world war were militarism, imperialism, nationalism, secret alliances, and the assassination of the Arch-Duke Franz Ferdinand.

Spanning from 1914 to 1918, a major battle, known as the First World War was fought due to disruptions occurring in Austria surrounding the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand in June 1914. Following the First World War, unpredictability of the political and economic systems of Germany led to a Second World War that lasted from 1939 to 1945. Both wars were fought and won by strategic military alliances between different countries (Diffen). Although these wars were fought at different times and in different places, nevertheless there were some similarities between the two like how they both ended in a lot of death and destruction.

The Great War started in 1914 and went on until 1919. It was sparked by the assassination of the president of Austria,Franz Ferdinand, in June 1914. Growing forces of nationalism, alliances and economic factors also helped spark WW1. He was murdered by a Serbian nationalist in Bosnia, and a series of threats and mobilization orders followed the incident, leading in August, to the outbreak of World War I, which sparked Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire to run against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy and Japan. “The Allies were joined after 1917 by the United States.

America had tried hard not to get involved in European affairs and conflicts, but with our growing connections it became hard. Businessmen saw the opportunities and profitable advancements of Europe, which brought a large number of American 's overseas. Great Britain was a major trade partner with the U.S, so we were indirectly involved in their war. The Germans started sinking any British ships that came into view of their Unterseeboots, even if they were passenger or fishing vessels. When

Many people say that World War I was one of the bloodiest conflicts that the world had ever seen. There are many reasons why people think this and one of them is due to the innovations in military during the late 1800´s. The world powers had expected a short war, but that was not the case. The immediate cause of World War I was the assassination of archduke of Austria-Hungary, Franz Ferdinand. But this was not the only cause of the First World War.

The Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated on June 28th, 1914 by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were driving through Sarajevo a Serbian nationalist Nedjelko

One of the main triggers of WWI was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, who was the nephew of Emperor Franz Josef. His sudden death caused an outrage in many countries such as France, Russia, and Italy. These countries, France, Russia, Britain, Italy, and the United States,united to fight- against the “Central Powers”. The “Central Powers” included Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire. Moreover, almost thirty-two countries were involved in this war that traumatized a lot of people including these two poets, Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon.

Many factors lead to great tensions in Europe, enlarging the need for a war. World War I was immediately precipitated by the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary by a Serbian nationalist in 1914. There were many factors that had led toward war. Most of these causes and events are classified into five main themes: imperialism, militarism, the Balkans, nationalism and alliance system. Nationalism was a major cause of WW1 because it was ignored by many groups which felt that people of the same ethnic origin, language and political ideals had the rights to independent states.

Comparison between WW1 and WW2. Ali Hamza 5B (4) 1.How and why they began One of the differences between World War 1 and 2 is how and why they began. World War 1 started when assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinandwhich created an explosive reaction from Europe because of years of built up hostility and distrust. When World War 2 broke out it was because Germany began invading neighbouring countries like Austria and Yugoslavia.

WWI began in the 1914, the outbreak of WWI was due to a number of significant factors, which included a lot of Millenarianism and Nationalism and the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand. However, the most important factors to be analysed will be the whole start of the war, which was caused through the nationalism and the militarism. Which only led up to the Assassination of the Archduke. Nationalism, was one of the biggest problems, due to the fact that every country was a nationalistic at that time. The whole nationalism started of in the early 1900, where all the european countries constituted a brutal rivalry and competition.

and then Great Britain, Russia, and France formed the Allies. Because of all of these countries going into war, there has been a lot of competition

The World War I is the most damaging war in the history in which many people were killed, in which Europe is divided into many different countries. It was the war between Central powers Germany, Austria-Hungry and Allies Great Britain, Russia and Italy but also many more countries were involved into the war. World War I bring many outcomes like nationalism and militarism. The advanced technology and many more advanced weapons were used in the war. America’s role in the war was only to export useful weapons, clothes and shoes into the war, but after US merchants was being killed, America enters in the war to support Allies.

In the end, no was at peace. The war was fought between mostly the European nation, like Britain, France, Russia, Germany, Italy, Austria, and Turkey. It was fought mainly in France, Italy, Russia, and Turkey. This was the “Great War,” a war to end all wars. It was fought through tanks, airplanes, gas, trenches, machine guns, and more.

World War 1 was caused largely by Kaiser Wilhelm’s war-mongering actions in the 1890s and early 1900s. Throughout his time as the kaiser, he attempted to disrupt alliances, challenged world powers, and influence smaller countries with his beliefs. The kaiser only appears once, briefly, in All Quiet on the Western Front, to inspect soldiers and hand out iron crosses. Despite that fact, he is still an important aspect of the novel because without his actions that actively encouraged war, World War 1 would likely not have happened.

The progressive reform that had the greatest impact on American society was the 18th Amendment which made the producing, transporting, or selling of alcohol prohibited. It all began when the Anti-Saloon party gained an advantage during World War I. Women who began these reforms gained support because of their influence on the workforce. If the women had not helped by working men’s jobs during the war, it would not have been as easy. Another aspect of the war that contributed to the amendment's publication was the limited resources available. Since alcohol was made of food sources, many saw it as a waste of food supply that could have been used for “our boys at war”.