Was militarism the main reason for causing WWI? Samuel Lo 8A (16) Was militarism the only reason for causing World War 1? It is not the only reason‚ but militarism is probably one of the most apparent and obvious reasons World War 1 broke out. Militarism means a belief that a country should have a strong army and use it aggressively to protect themselves. Firstly‚ being the 3 main powers in Europe‚ the relationship between the leaders of Germany‚ Russia and England were not good. For example
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The Three Reasons The U.S Join The War “When the U.S joined World War 1‚ it was two and half years old”. The United States desperately wanted to attack Germany because of the sinking of one the U.S cargo ship on February 3. Three reasons why the United States joined WW1 is because of the Arabic Crisis‚ The Lusitania‚ and the violation of sussex pledge. The Arabic crisis made the U.S join the war. “In the early 1905-1913 twentieth century‚ the Europeans powers had formed themselves into two rival
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Technology of the First World War: Technology that killed millions. Roham Asgari History 10 Mr. Keeler December 15‚ 2012 Asgari 1 When the death of Francis Ferdinand marked the beginning of WW1 as a "war to end all wars” It also began‚ the first War that where the newest and most lethal machines were experimented upon the newly armed troops. Only through these lethal and logical experiments did strategists understand the fatal that weapons were capable of. When the weapons were unleashed
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Core Study: WW1 1914-1919 War on the Western Front Reasons for the stalemate on the Western Front Expectations * Each major power believed war would be swiftly won-“over by Christmas” * Poets such as Rupert Brooke romanticised war as noble‚ romantic and character building * Duty and patriotism were key features in 1914 The Schlieffen Plan If war was to occur‚ Germany would be attacked on both sides by the Triple Entente. The aim was to deal with the larger threat France
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The malevolent utilization of unrestricted submarine warfare by the German navy was unequivocally a breach of the rules of war. In early 1915‚ Germany controversially declared the waters surrounding Britain a war zone and threatened to sink all merchant ships approaching Britain even those from neutral countries. It was irrational to believe neutral countries would halt trade with Britain as that would result in huge economic losses. Several merchant ships including the British ship Lusitania were
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was tension between countries and there was tension between people living in the same country. One can trace the major causes of World War 1 to imperialism‚ alliances and militarism. Although‚ Imperialism was one of the most important causes of WW1. Because countries such as Britain was colonizing Africa‚ India and other countries‚ other countries such as Germany wanted the power brought on by imperialism and also wanted colonies. It was a competition for colonies‚ for example the information
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Explain why stalemate developed on the Western front By December 1914 stalemate developed on the Western front because of 3 main reasons‚ new weapons‚ lack of plans and the circumstances of the battle of Marne‚ race to the seas and the 1st battle of Ypres! The Schlieffen plan had failed by November 1914. It didn’t entirely go to plan.. What the Germans presumed wasn’t right. Firstly they presumed that it would only take 6 weeks to get through Belgium and that it wouldn’t take long
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January 1916‚ targeting single men aged 18-41. Within a few months World War 1 conscription was rolled out for married men. Men who got called up for service could appeal to a local Military Service Tribunal. Reasons included health‚ already doing important war work or moral or religious reasons. The last group became known as the Conscientious Objectors. 750‚000 men appealed against their conscription in the first 6 months. Most were granted exemption of some sort‚ even if it was only temporary. Only
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Before WW1‚ countries in Europe were going through industrial revolutions‚ many parts of Asia‚ South America and Africa had been colonised and world wealth was centred in Europe because of mass trading throughout the world. Many events‚ incidents and tension points led to the eruption of our very first world war. But the main trigger was the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand (heir to the throne of the Empire of Austria-Hungary) on the 28 June 1914. One of the many causes of WW1 was
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Weapons: There were different kinds of weapons used in WW1. Firstly‚ there was the rifle and it was a bolt-action rifle. It was the most used gun by the soldiers in the trenches. 15 rounds altogether could be fired in a minute and a person that was standing 1400-1500 metres away could possibly be killed by it so this shows how powerful it was. Also‚ another weapon that was frequently used was machine guns. A disadvantage to them was that they needed 4-6 men to use them so this could be
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