World war 1 was a large battle between Germany, France, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Russia, and Great Britain. The war was fought for revenge for the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, but was also fought for peace. Many factors caused the war, those factors were nationalism, alliances, imperialism, and militarism. But what exactly sparked the war was assassination. Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand to be more specific. There were two major alliances that fought in World War I. The first one was the triple alliance which were Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary. These countries fought for the isolation of France and peace for Germany. The French were the greatest threat to peace. It was believed that France still wanted revenge for it’s defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. So the goal for Germany, was to isolate France. When Germany let it’s nation’s treaty with Russia lapse, Russia responded by forming a defensive military alliance with France in 1892. This lead to Germany …show more content…
The triple entente, which included France, were the ones that were morally wrong in the way they engaged warfare because the French couldn’t accept their defeat in the Franco-prussian war, when it was a fair defeat. Research explains the French army was widely considered the best in Europe because it was composed of experienced, professional soldiers. Germany, by contrast, relied on short-service conscripts. Men were called up to serve for three years, before moving into the reserves where they would still be available for service if mobilisation was announced. But Germany has outnumbered France with it’s troops by two to one. And while the German troops may have had less experience than their French rivals on average, they were still well-trained, well-disciplined and well-equipped by world standards and there were over a million of them. In the end, quantity had a quality all of its