Germany's Role In World War One
The Great War was started in August of 1914 and many factors led to it. The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 is the event that started this war. He was the heir of the Austrian throne. In result to this, Austrian-Hungarian empire declared war on Serbia.
Before the assassination, many other factors played part in starting the Great War. One of the most significant was Germany’s role in leading up to the war. Otto von Bismarck established Germany as a dominate power in Europe. With that being said, Germany isolated France. After Bismarck established Germany, he aligned himself with Austria-Hungary and Russia in 1873. Although they aligned, there was a rivalry so the alliance didn’t hold so he had to align with someone else. …show more content…
When they wanted to start this war, they asked for Germany’s help. Once Germany agreed, they started war on Serbia. After this war was started, it made a chain of events that start our world at war. With everyone being allied, they all entered the war. Serbia, Russia, France, Belgium, Great Britain and the United States were allied together. The Central side consisted of Germany and Austria-Hungary were allied together. The Ottoman Empire ended up joining the Central side.
B Warfare during the Great War was different from the previous conflicts for a lot of different reasons. Trench Warfare was a style of warfare and it was one of the differences. Both sides fighting would dig a trench six to eight feet wide and they would entrench themselves in them. These trenches would be where the soldiers eat, sleep, fight and live.
Then there was the invention of the machine gun. The previous guns would only get off a few shots a minute but with the machine gun, you could get off 200 to 250 shots per minute. This gun made it to where you didn’t have to have a good shot just in the right direction. Even if you hit someone, their chance of living would be very slim because their wound would be infected and the medicine wasn’t as advanced enough to fit the infection
Before the assassination, many other factors played part in starting the Great War. One of the most significant was Germany’s role in leading up to the war. Otto von Bismarck established Germany as a dominate power in Europe. With that being said, Germany isolated France. After Bismarck established Germany, he aligned himself with Austria-Hungary and Russia in 1873. Although they aligned, there was a rivalry so the alliance didn’t hold so he had to align with someone else. …show more content…
When they wanted to start this war, they asked for Germany’s help. Once Germany agreed, they started war on Serbia. After this war was started, it made a chain of events that start our world at war. With everyone being allied, they all entered the war. Serbia, Russia, France, Belgium, Great Britain and the United States were allied together. The Central side consisted of Germany and Austria-Hungary were allied together. The Ottoman Empire ended up joining the Central side.
B Warfare during the Great War was different from the previous conflicts for a lot of different reasons. Trench Warfare was a style of warfare and it was one of the differences. Both sides fighting would dig a trench six to eight feet wide and they would entrench themselves in them. These trenches would be where the soldiers eat, sleep, fight and live.
Then there was the invention of the machine gun. The previous guns would only get off a few shots a minute but with the machine gun, you could get off 200 to 250 shots per minute. This gun made it to where you didn’t have to have a good shot just in the right direction. Even if you hit someone, their chance of living would be very slim because their wound would be infected and the medicine wasn’t as advanced enough to fit the infection