WW1 causes
The causes of World War I (Essay)
The beginning of the 20th century was heavily influenced by the First World War. This war began in July 18, 1914 and ended four years later 11 November, 1914(Versailles Treaty). WWI was a ‘cruelty’ (blood lust) war as it left behind more than 10.000,000 dead soldiers. In this essay I will present the main causes of WWI and analyze them in order to see how they lead to this war. With the term ‘causes’ we don’t refer only to the specific causation that finally caused the war but also in the background causes that built up tension between the countries involved and in a long-term made this war more likely. In the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century most European powers had created huge militaries. Most statesmen considered that this fact, would eliminate the possibility of a imminent war. More specifically they believed that the bigger the military of a country, the less likely would other countries attack her. This was a pretty much utopian view, as the militaries were growing unstoppably. This was causing competition between the big powers, because of the fear that one’s military force will get ahead from another’s power military. Moreover, the same time, technology of weapons was increased and new variety of weapons was produced (machine guns, chemical w., airplanes etc.)By Krupp’s and Skoda’s armament foundries. Militarism doesn’t consist a cause for the countries to battle each other, but its combination with other factors such as imperialism and nationalism created tension between the big powers. In order for the powers to build these massive militaries, they also needed enough economic power. In the end of the 19th century, almost all European powers (Germany, Russia, Great Britain, Italy but less, Italy and Bosnia-Herzegovina) had enormously increased their industrial output(and trade)and as a result their economic power. This growth wasn’t equal
The beginning of the 20th century was heavily influenced by the First World War. This war began in July 18, 1914 and ended four years later 11 November, 1914(Versailles Treaty). WWI was a ‘cruelty’ (blood lust) war as it left behind more than 10.000,000 dead soldiers. In this essay I will present the main causes of WWI and analyze them in order to see how they lead to this war. With the term ‘causes’ we don’t refer only to the specific causation that finally caused the war but also in the background causes that built up tension between the countries involved and in a long-term made this war more likely. In the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century most European powers had created huge militaries. Most statesmen considered that this fact, would eliminate the possibility of a imminent war. More specifically they believed that the bigger the military of a country, the less likely would other countries attack her. This was a pretty much utopian view, as the militaries were growing unstoppably. This was causing competition between the big powers, because of the fear that one’s military force will get ahead from another’s power military. Moreover, the same time, technology of weapons was increased and new variety of weapons was produced (machine guns, chemical w., airplanes etc.)By Krupp’s and Skoda’s armament foundries. Militarism doesn’t consist a cause for the countries to battle each other, but its combination with other factors such as imperialism and nationalism created tension between the big powers. In order for the powers to build these massive militaries, they also needed enough economic power. In the end of the 19th century, almost all European powers (Germany, Russia, Great Britain, Italy but less, Italy and Bosnia-Herzegovina) had enormously increased their industrial output(and trade)and as a result their economic power. This growth wasn’t equal