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Long Term Causes Of World War 1 Essay

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Some long term causes of World War one were Imperialism, Militarism, and Nationalism. Countries would try to increase both their power and health by bringing more territory under their control. Which led to the competition of having greater empires than the enemy. Due to all the competition it increased the confrontation pushing towards WWI. However, around 1914, Great Britain (GB) and Germany both had greatly increased navies. Further in, Russia particularly began to have a greater influence on public policy. With this increase of militarism it helped push countries involved to war. Overall each country tried to prove their dominance and power over others. Archduke Franz Ferdinand was an Austrian and was the prince of Hungary and Bohemia.His assassination was by Gavrilo Princip. Gavrilo was a Serb, who was a member of the Young Bosnia. They were an organization seeking to end Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia. Also due to the assassination of Archduke, Austria and Hungary declare war on Serbia. The battle of Somme consisted of the British and French against the Germans. Within the first day alone there was 57,000 casualties …show more content…

When we were struggling with industrial production and the loss of jobs which made it to where we couldn’t pay Germany any of their debt money. Which made it very rough there, to where it is when Adolf Hitler rises and says that he will make Germany “great again”. The economic impact after this war included the rise of Nazism in Germany, which resulted in the holocaust and would eventually lead to WWII with Adolf Hitler as their leader. But also the great technology advances in WWI like said earlier the tank, and machine gun...etc. Some new states would come into play after empires being broken down. From the Ottoman empire, there was Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Arabia. From the German empire, there was Poland, Czechoslovakia, and

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