Causes for World War I Many things led up to the start of World War I. There was much tension between the countries of Europe for more than fifty years. There were immediate causes‚ and long-term causes. Some immediate causes were the assassination of the heir of Austria-Hungry‚ Germany declaring war on Russia‚ Germany declaring war on France‚ and Great Britain declaring war on Germany. Some long-term causes or basic causes were imperialism‚ nationalism‚ and the arms race. The assassination of
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WORLD WAR ONE FIRSTS First war to be fought on 3 continents. First industrialised conflict. First use of chlorine & mustard gas. First use of the flame thrower. First tank battle. First use of mass airplanes. First use of x-ray in the military. First use of a blood bank. First use of guide dogs by blinded soldiers. First four-star general‚ General John J. Pershing First use of trillion in estimating war costs. First commissioning of war art for propaganda. First use
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Weapons of World War I Machine Guns: They needed 4-6 men to work them and had to be on a flat surface. They had the fire-power of 100 guns. Large field guns had a long range and could deliver devastating blows to the enemy but needed up to 12 men to work them. They fired shells which exploded on impact. Gases: The German army were the first to use chlorine gas at the battle of Ypres in 1915. Chlorine gas causes a burning sensation in the throat
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Diary at War Written by Steve Fallon Alexandra Davies March 12‚ 1915 Right now I’m sitting in one of the trenches‚ and I’m watching a rat eat on of the mouldy sandwiches. All around me is a deathly silence‚ and I can even hear the rat’s breath. I must admit I’m very scared‚ so scared that I can hardly function anymore. Mom told me before I left just under a year ago that this would happen‚ but I was determined to do my country proud. Today has been pretty rough. The dead are still
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Militarism is a key component to World War I as the countries began to compete for having the best military. Prince Bernhard Von Bulow said to the Reichstag “In the coming century the German nation will either be the hammer or the anvil.” In the 1900s‚ the Germans could be either the destroyer or the destroyed. This caused people to want to build the military so their country would not be crushed. The need to survive caused an arms race‚ the german spending having a steep increase in spending. In
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Alliance System and New Imperialism Jessica Gray‚ Bernadine Cross‚ Tameka Freeman‚ Rikia Wyatt His/114 January 4‚ 2012 Darrett Pullins Alliance System and New Imperialism Otto Von Bismarck formed of designed the European balance of power. The power was known as the Big Five Britain‚ France‚ Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and Russia. Between 1870 and 1914 the competition within the European states for territory dominance and control caused separation. Bismarck departed from office in 1890 which
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World war one was a war that created new ways to fight and new countries to develop‚ but what really needs to be addressed is what caused all this happen. With militarism‚ imperialism‚ and alliances came the two other indirect factors‚ which were threats and tension. Mobilization in countries increased tension and threats throughout the world. Tension had been developing over the years between different countries and this war had come to settle it. Major European nations were the start of this all
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World War 1 was considered to be a very brutal and most destructive war ever in human history that begun in Europe in August 1914. It was the very first war that included nations in it. According to a historian Sydney Bradshaw Fay; who says “it was a complex assortment of causes‚ notably imperialism‚ militarism‚ and alliances that pushed Europe into a war”. Where historians like Fritz Fischer and Niall Ferguson blamed one country particularly. According to a historian Eric Hobsbawm; who dint find
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There are many causes of the start of World War One but I am going to tell you the m.a.i.n cause of it. So m.a.i.n stands for militarism‚ alliances‚ imperialism‚ and nationalism. There are series of events that led up to the first world war. The war began in 1914 and lasted until 1918. One of the main things that led up to World War 1 was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand‚ heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. A Serbian‚ 19-year old Gavrilo Princip assassinated him. This set
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Position Paper: Nationalism forces countries to pursue alliances in the name of national interest. As groups of countries form these alliances to grow in strength‚ they can lead to ultranationalism and hostility between each other. This hostility grows into situations where war is nearly unavoidable. The source shows how this happened with the conflict between Serbia and Austria‚ turning a small battle between countries into a massive world war. In the political cartoon‚ people representing Serbia
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