Three Main Causes Of World War 1

Pre-World War 1, also known as the Great War, there were the Balkan Wars. The Balkans consisted of two wars that were fought because Russia wanted access to ports that they could use to avoid their enemy, the Ottoman Empire. The some of the results of these wars included Serbia being freed and Bosnia becoming a part of the Austria-Hungary Empire. These results would eventually lead to the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the “spark” of the war. Though the assassination is considered the “spark” of the war, it is not one of the main causes of World War 1. Three of the main causes of World War 1 were alliances, imperialism, and militarism.
The alliances of the war were made of the six most powerful countries in Europe at the time and were split