World War 1 Research Paper
Causes of World War One
The First World War was one of the most immense conflicts of European History. As Woodrow Wilson said, World War 1 would be "the war to end all wars." "Between 1914 - 1918, over 100 countries from Africa, America, Asia, Australasia and Europe were part of the conflict." (Wilde) The reasons for the declaration of war were varied and related back to the uprising of different ideologies before 1914. Some historians, like Joachim Remak, say that WW1 was simply "the Third Balkan War that got out of hand". (Wuzumi, 2011) Remak was born in Berlin and thus sympathized with the German plight. The five prominent causes that brought about large-scale war in the early 20th century were militarism, imperialism, common defense …show more content…
The Triple Alliance agreement was secretly made in 1882 between Italy, Germany, and Austria-Hungary. With this alliance came the destruction of the Three Emperor's League between Russia, Austria-Hungary and Germany. In need of a new power to ally themselves with, Russia made a Dual Alliance with France in 1864. After Edward VII ascended to the throne of Great Britain, which was popular among the French, the Triple Entente was formed between France, Russia, and Great Britain. In addition to those alliances, Britain and Japan, Russia and Serbia, along with Belgium, France and Great Britain all made separate alliances. As the entanglement of these defense alliances grew deeper and drew in more countries the conflict to be known as World War One was sure to be a major world affair. When fighting began each power directly involved invoked their allies to join the war, arguing that it was their duty bound by their common defense agreements. It seemed that as one country slipped into war, at least one more was to follow. "Although these alliances were defensive in nature, they meant that any conflict between one country from each alliance was bound to involve the other countries." (Tonge, 2003) This is how the number of countries involved in some way in the First World War was over one hundred. Without the extensive alliance system, the war could have possibly been a smaller-scale European conflict, instead of one of the most devastating world events of all
The First World War was one of the most immense conflicts of European History. As Woodrow Wilson said, World War 1 would be "the war to end all wars." "Between 1914 - 1918, over 100 countries from Africa, America, Asia, Australasia and Europe were part of the conflict." (Wilde) The reasons for the declaration of war were varied and related back to the uprising of different ideologies before 1914. Some historians, like Joachim Remak, say that WW1 was simply "the Third Balkan War that got out of hand". (Wuzumi, 2011) Remak was born in Berlin and thus sympathized with the German plight. The five prominent causes that brought about large-scale war in the early 20th century were militarism, imperialism, common defense …show more content…
The Triple Alliance agreement was secretly made in 1882 between Italy, Germany, and Austria-Hungary. With this alliance came the destruction of the Three Emperor's League between Russia, Austria-Hungary and Germany. In need of a new power to ally themselves with, Russia made a Dual Alliance with France in 1864. After Edward VII ascended to the throne of Great Britain, which was popular among the French, the Triple Entente was formed between France, Russia, and Great Britain. In addition to those alliances, Britain and Japan, Russia and Serbia, along with Belgium, France and Great Britain all made separate alliances. As the entanglement of these defense alliances grew deeper and drew in more countries the conflict to be known as World War One was sure to be a major world affair. When fighting began each power directly involved invoked their allies to join the war, arguing that it was their duty bound by their common defense agreements. It seemed that as one country slipped into war, at least one more was to follow. "Although these alliances were defensive in nature, they meant that any conflict between one country from each alliance was bound to involve the other countries." (Tonge, 2003) This is how the number of countries involved in some way in the First World War was over one hundred. Without the extensive alliance system, the war could have possibly been a smaller-scale European conflict, instead of one of the most devastating world events of all