Militarism Was The Main Cause Of World War I

One cause of World War I was Militarism. Germany had an industrialized military and spent millions of dollars trying improve and prepare them for war. Many other countries seen this newfound competition and started to try and rebuild their armies and navy so they could keep up. With Germany’s new and improved army, they started to gain confidence and were convinced that they could win a war. Germany was very focused on utilizing their army. As soon as the war declared, Germany without a doubt didn’t hesitate to “make the first move.” This caused a problem however because of the other nations rush to industrialize their armies and try to make them just as good or if not better than Germanys. Militarism played a huge part in the cause of World War I.
I honestly believe alliances was the main reason for World War I because of all the different countries who were allies with each other. For example, Germany had an alliance with Austria-Hungary who could have had other alliances with different countries who Germany didn’t associate with or who they had issues with. The war actually started with Austria-Hungary’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand being assassinated by Serbia but because of all the alliances, everyone had a different point of view on who started everything. Majority of the people except Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Serbia thought Germany was the one who started the war those are a few reasons why the alliance systems caused World War