Why Was World War 1 Inevitable

World War 1 was inevitable. Throughout generations, wars happened all across the globe, between countries, cities, and even small ones between families. A war that was spread across every major country was bound to happen, one way or another. World War 1 had many rising causes that would eventually have started a war, such as Militarism in countries and Alliances between great powers and world leaders, the immediate cause was the assassination of the Archduke of Austria. What happened during this assassination was nothing less than fate.

Every piece was in place. A group called the Black Hand were hired by Siberian nationalists to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. Everything was ready, the Archduke’s car was pulling up and one of the assassin’s, Cabrinovic, threw the bomb that was planned to kill the Archduke, except the bomb bounced off the car and only wounded 16-20 people. Cabrinovic failed to kill him, and then even failed to kill himself with a cyanide pill that only caused him to puke it back up. The group of assassins rendezvoused elsewhere, and the group’s leader Gavrilo Princip decided to go get a sandwich and think of an area to attempt and kill the Archduke a second time. Meanwhile, the Archduke and his wife were riding in their car to go visit the people who
Militarism is basically pride in one’s military. As they were entering the 20th century, countries were building up their military. Great Britain and Germany increased their Navy greatly and Russia increased in militarism. The problem with militarism, is many countries will say they have the best and strongest military and have no way to prove it. This creates an envy to prove oneself and their country. Everyone was all talk and no evidence, they wanted to show that they indeed were the best, and the small war between Siberia and Austria-Hungary was a perfect chance to prove who was the