tables on you‚ and we can clearly see who becomes stronger and who weaker. The alliance system was a major component of World War I‚ and there were three main parts of this system the neutral countries‚ the triple alliance‚ and the triple entente. The alliance system rapidly escalated a strictly limited war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia. Why? Because what started with two countries turned out to be a full-blown war involving around eight countries. That quadruples the amount of time‚ lives‚ money
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World War 1 which was also known to many as the Great War seems to in many ways challenge its explanation of why it happened. What caused the war? Who was responsible? Many authors of books and articles that are written about the expositions of the First World War will be found to most frequently question the causations’ and influences’ in their writings. One of the many speculated causations which have been argued was that of the set up for alliance-systems’. It could be argued that the out
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“To what extent was Hitler responsible for the Second World War?” ‘From the first day that he "seized power‚" January 30‚ 1933‚ Hitler knew that only sudden death awaited him if he failed to restore pride and empire to post-Versailles Germany.’[1] The Second World War was the deadliest battle in History. Figures estimate that over 59 million people were killed during its conflict. German leadership was under Adolf Hitler‚ a ruthless dictator who was the chancellor of Germany during the majority
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To what extent was Germany responsible for causing World War One? To what extent was Germany responsible for causing World War One? In August‚ 1914‚ 6 million men mobilised for war on the European continent. It was the bloodiest war that had been fought yet in history due to huge advances in weapons and technology. This question of who was to blame for the war has been debated many times by many historians. Germany was responsible for its beginning to some extent but that extent can be argued
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The alliance system alone did not cause the First World War. It was the result of a combination of factors which together shaped a European climate which made the outbreak of a war inevitable. Assuming that the alliance system was one of the factors involved‚ we must also assess events within Europe which actually allowed the creation of the alliance system. The primary origins of the First World War lie in the emergence of nationalism and the new prominent power Germany‚ the Great Powers’
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To what extent was Germany responsible for the tension between the European powers (1900-1913)? Tension was rife between the main powers within Europe and their hold over their empires and states. Many of the alliances of the time created enemies‚ generating huge tensions‚ with Germany often feeling isolated and betrayed. Germany gravely feared an encirclement and attack upon her borders; it was evident that war was going to break out‚ it was just a matter of when and how‚ leaving many tactics
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The importance of the alliance system that developed in Europe in the decades before World War I as a cause for it is still an important topic of debate and argument between modern historians. Some argue that the alliance system was a direct cause of the outbreak of war between all major countries in Europe while other historians prefer to state that the alliance configuration we observe before the war started was simply a symptom of the conflicts and disagreements‚ fears and envies that had been
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The responsibility for the Punic wars greatly shifts from one to the next as both Rome and Carthage were Superpowers in their own right and it was inevitable that there would be a collision and subsequent reaction from any action taken. This exhausting conflict was‚ according to Caven‚ a ‘contest in three rounds’ in which the Romans fought first for control of Sicily‚ then for the leadership of the western Mediterranean and finally to determine the survival or extinction of Carthage. By 270
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Germany were aggressive but their actions were not completely responsible for the outbreak of war‚ there were other causes for the war which Germany were not responsible for‚ such as the Triple of Entente where Germany felt isolated and insecure. However‚ the Schlieffen Plan of 1905 referred to in sources 1 and 2 is frequently seen as an act of aggression. In source 1 Corrigan says that “Germany had in place a plan for an aggressive war” because they were concerned of having to fight Russia and France
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declared war on Serbia with the Assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and one day later‚ the Russians got ready to help in the war. On the 1st August‚ Germany declared war on Russia‚ while the French soldiers were put on a war alert on the following day. On the 3rd‚ Germany declared war on France and invaded through the neutral Belgium‚ which caused Britain to declare war on Germany on the 4th. Finally‚ Austria declared war on Russia on the 6th‚ completing the outset of World War One‚ the bloodiest
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