World War one could not have been prevented because it would happen eventually. It would have happened at some point because anything could start it like, how the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his was the major reason of why World War One started in 1914. What happened was how Austro-Hungarian blamed Serbia for the assassination of the archduke. Also, when Austro-Hungarian declared war on Serbia on July 28, 1914 because everyone had alliances with one another this small war quickly turned into a huge one. For example, Russia is allied with Serbia and Germany is allied with Austro-Hungarian so, Germany declared war on Russia and its ally, France. Then, because German troops went through Belgium, Britain declared war on Germany to defend Belgium. …show more content…
Nationalism had a big role in causing countries to fight each other for many reasons. One reason being how, one of the ways to prove that their country was the best was through war and seeing who would come out on top. Also, to prove your country was the best you have to have a lot of colonies which is what Italy did not have. Italy wanted to expand into Africa but that created a lot of conflict with France and Austria-Hungary because most of the land Italy wanted was ruled by those places and they were not giving up anything. Imperialism had caused World War One too. Imperialism really had to do with Europe countries wanting more colonies and land to gain more power. This definitely caused a lot of problems between France, Britain, Germany, and Italy. Britain and France already had a lot of power and colonies but they still wanted more power so they were still trying to get more land, colonies, and even more powerful armies. On the other hand, Germany and Italy were tired of being the underdogs and wanted to gain control of more colonies which got in the way of France and Britain which cause some issues and