The Importance Of Imperialism In Europe

The end of the 19th century was an important time for Europe and its nations. Nations had become industrialized thanks to the industrial revolution, and were making advances in science every passing day. It was a different than Europe 100 years ago. It seemed every country had changed, and become extremely political. Imperialism was growing in Europe as well, the foreign policy of almost every main country. 30 years before, the large Prussian army invaded France and took a fair amount of their land and made it their own. Most countries wanted to widen their sphere of influence greatly, and that usually meant to colonize and invade whatever they could. Naval warfare was more important than ever, and having a large and powerful fleet was key,
In a smaller country called Serbia, the Slavic population had become extremely nationalistic near the end of the 19th century, and many believed that they were the strongest race of people that existed, and that they deserved more. This movement known as “Pan-Slavism” was most popular in Serbia. The Serbian slavs came to detest the Austro-Hungarian empire due to the large influence and control over the region they believed should be part of a Greater Serbian empires. With this newfound sense of Slavic pride, some Slavs took it to an extreme, and started or joined Radical Nationalist groups, such as the Black
Italy had left Germany and Austro-Hungary for the Allies, and other countries such as Romania joined the allies in the war. America had joined due to Germany’s deadly Unrestricted Submarine war doctrine, which involved German U-Boats sinking any ship that wasn’t German, including passenger ships. After a British passenger ship was sunk and 100 Americans lost their lives, the civil unrest in America that was brought on by the war reached the tipping point, and American president Woodrow Wilson led us into the war. Also in 1917, the Russians were forced out of the war after the Communist Revolution that took place in October of that year, where the Bolshevik party, lead by Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Czar of Russia and took over the country that would be known as the Soviet Union 5 years from