How Did World War 1 Start

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War is organized murder and nothing else (Harry Patch).There are multiple reasons World War 1 started. It started because of imperialism,nationalism,militarism, and Alliances. There are two that I think are more important out of the four. The main underlying causes of World War 1 were nationalism and imperialism. Nationalism is the belief that your country is better than others. This made most of the people aggressive and they wanted to be the best country. It convinced citizens that their nations would be threatened by their rivals. In the early 1900s nationalism created a big rivalry between European powers. These powers were Austria-Hungary, Germany, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, and France. To be the best you had to have the best military