On August 4th 1914 Britain declared war on Germany for violating Belgian neutrality. Australia as allies soon followed and sent troops who departed to Gallipoli in October 1914 along with troops from France, New Zealand and Britain. As the war continued the troops travelled to The Western front where 5,533 soldiers were seriously injured in only 24 hours, by the end of the year the list of casualties grew 40,000. In 1917, 76,836 soldiers were added to the list of casualties in battles in Bullecourt, Messines, and the four-month operation around Ypres, recognised as the battle of Passchendaele. For Australia, World War 1 remains the most damaging conflict in terms of deaths and casualties.
The first MAAIN cause is militarism which basically means that the government has more money to spend on the military so they do and they think they are than the best. An example, can be Europe because they wasted a lot of money on their military and they wanted to go to war because they thought it will be quick and easy but it was the exact opposite. The second MAAIN cause is alliances which means that other nations have your back if you get attacked. An example can be France so if they got attacked Britain will have their back and support them.
Militarism and Alliances were 2 of the causes of WWI. In Document C, the graph shows the growth of militaries leading up to the war, and in the year 1914 there's the highest military enrollment. The alliances between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy convinced Russia, France, and Great Britain to create their own alliance, as shown in Document A. The different countries grew their militaries as their competitors’ militaries grew. They wanted to have the largest military, to seem the most powerful.
1. Alliiances probably had the biggest impact for the start of World War 1. Without alliances other countries probably wouldn't have gotten involved. 2. Militarism was most likely the second cause of the war.
There is continually something that prompts to another. Sometimes, it can bring about an enormous outbreak. At the turn of the twentieth century, Europe was at war. This war lasted more than four, long, gruesome years. It was also known as the “Great War”.
Connor Larson & Lucas Turnis Mrs. Ross AP European History 25 April 2023 Causes of World War I Prior to World War I, a power struggle between the Ottoman Empire and Russia spiraled into involving Britain and France: the Crimean War. The conditions set for a major shift in power caused by Italian and German unification. This unification brought many new leaders of great power such as Victor Emmanuel II and Otto Von Bismarck. With newfound land, power, and wealth, Bismarck felt invincible and began to seek war and form alliances.
This mass amount of power not only caused the war to become more heated with countries like Britain using their colonies to fight on their side, but it also spread jealousy to less powerful nations. According to document E, a German propaganda poster, illustrates Britain as an octopus that is reaching over the world to its conquered colonies. The title reads “Freedom of the Seas,” (Document E) with a caption reading “England, the bloodsucker of the world,” (Document E). In document F, Germany had less colonial rule than Britain and therefore are angry that Britain has so much power. This brings on more bitterness that caused the war.
There were multiple causes of the first World War. World War I started on July 28, 1914, and ended four years earlier on November 11, 1918. This War was between the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy) and the Triple Entente (Great Britain, France, and Russia). Some countries had really big militaries that were very strong and some countries had very small and weak armies which caused those countries to be threatened by the bigger militaries because they were scared that they were going to attack them. Imperialism started around 1760 and lasted for a very long time.
There were a variety of underlying causes in World War I. They were militarism, alliances, nationalism, and a mix of imperialism. Before the war Nations started to build up their arms (DBQ: What Were the Underlying Causes of World War 1, 2010, Doc 7) making a competition for dominance, and alliances are formed making powerful armies. Nations produced propaganda infuriating the citizens and giving the pride in their nation which led to nationalism. Nationalism is a patriotic feeling for your nation, causing new literature relating to the war, for example this poem “When Britain first at Heaven's command Arose from out the azure Main; This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sand this strain;...
Imperialism played a role for the spark in the war when Germany and italy decided they wanted a colonial empire as well. This sparked up a global competition for land which caused confrontations and conflict in many
During the 1800’s and early 1900’s, there was many causes that led to the start of the first world war. Although many suggest that nationalism impacted the most, i think imperialism was the main cause of WW1. Everybody wants to be the biggest and to be the best and that's why these countries were thirsty for war. They were all in for getting more land and getting bigger. France and Britain had many colonies in Asia and Africa which gave the question to other nations, “why can't we have colonies too?”
World war one was the first of two wars that will never be forgotten. The loss of land, millions of dollars, and millions of lives was some things that resulted from this terrible situation. Many argue on who or what was the underlying cause of this war, but there's more than one reason. During this time many people were people treated poorly and unfairly creating lots of anger. Early 20th century was a time about to join an ugly but necessary revolution.
Amy Bahena WH 4th period Mr.Neidich May 4,2016 WW1 DBQ The most significant causes of WW1 was nationalism, alliances, imperialism. World war 1 is Nationalism was a significant cause of WW1 because of the amount of pride the country has.
So to stop the French, Germany sent a naval boat to Morocco’s borders but this caused Britain to get involved and backup France by sending their naval boat too. In the end, no war occurred and the two countries decided to have a negotiation about what will happen with Morocco. In the end of the negotiation French took over all of Morocco and Germany did get any. The reason why Germany didn’t fight back was because they felt threatened by the strong army France and Britain had. By the end of all this caused Germany to become very mad because it humiliated them for the
In the late 19th century “The European leaders believed that by creating a balance of power they could prevent such horror. This idea was that if all the counties had balanced strengths that nobody could dominate the rest. There was a wide-spread of wars due to the sharing of the boarders. The triple alliance was fought in France and in Russia. It was the war that started all the Alliances.
