Analyze The Causes Of Ww1 Research Paper

Analyze the causes of WW1
Many historians and politicians have been trying to analyze the causes for the World War I.
By the War was over, different opinions had already been developed. The english Prime
Minister David Lloyd Georg (1863-1945) said: “None of the leading Man had wanted War, all of them just slid into it.” Whereas the French Prime Minister George Clemenceau blamed Germany for having the main War Guilt. Since 1961 historians are controversially questioning the War Guilt. In his book “Griff nach der Weltmacht” (Grabbing the World
Power), the German historian Fritz Fischer claims the Germans to have the main responsibility too. Other historians, like the australian Christopher Clarks disagree with this statement. In his
To sum up I will form my own critical point of view on the war guilt.
There are six main causes for the World War I. The Scramble for Africa, which marks
Morocco between 1906 and 19011. Then Alsace-Lorraine, which had been taken by the
Germans after the French-German War. Another cause was the Russo-Turkish War in
1878 and the Balkan countries breaking free, followed by wars starting in 1913. The Naval
Race, where the british built the Dreadnought, so the Germans started building a big Navy:
“The german emperor Wilhelm II had a dream of being an imperial ruler. He ordered the construction of several large and powerful boats.”, leading to other countries starting to build massive gun battleships. Further, the Alliance System with the triple Alliance formed between Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary in 1882, France and Russia then signing an agreement in 1894, followed by an agreement called the Entente Cordial, signed in 1904 by France and Britain which Russia then joined, making it the Triple Entente. And the developing Nationalism, plus the previous Age of Imperialism, which had lead to
Colonialism. As an example, “Am Deutschen Wesen soll die Welt genesen”, which
On the other hand, a large number of historians has been convinced that Germany was not responsible for the outbreaking of WW1. W. Hubbatsch commented “Germany did not want war.” and W. Mommson said “Everyone wanted war - Germany had simply been faster with its attacking plans compared to its competitors.” On the other hand, J.W.
Bestuschew demented “The Politics of all central powers had objectively led into war.”.
The one convinced of Germany having been the main cause is F. Fischer, who’s statement
“The German leadership has the main guilt.” directly points out his view. W. Hubbatsch statement however, is incorrect due to Germany encouraging Austria-Hungary declaring
War on Serbia, risking a War outbreaking. Nevertheless Germany believed that Russia would not be strong enough to fight a War because of its defeat against Japan in the
Manchuria 1904/05, where it had lost a lot of soldiers and war materials, so it would turn out in the same way as it did in 1908 during the bosnian crisis, where Russia has been avoiding war, which would have led to a growing presentation of Austria-Hungary at the
Balkans. Because of that it is possible to say that Germany expected the consequences