1914 Marks the official spark of World War 1. Also known as “The war to end all wars”, World War 1 was The birthplace of Trench Warfare. The battle was fought between two sides of alliances, The Triple Alliance, and The Triple Entente. These two sides fought over the land and the freedom of the Slavic people. The war was centered in south east Europe and left around 16 million people dead, 9 million soldiers and 7 million civilians. There were a few major causes of World War 1, 3 of the major causes were Militarism among countries, Nationalism, and the alliances made before the war. Many events and revolts, which led up to unstable governments in the Ottoman Empire, also led up to the initial start of the “Great War”. Militarism was one of the big causes of World War 1. Militarism is the belief that a government and its people should create and maintain a strong military and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests. In Layman’s terms, a country should make a strong army and focus production on products of war so they can be ready to …show more content…
These alliances were The Triple Alliance and The Triple Entente. The Triple Alliance consisted of Russia, France, and Great Britain. The Triple Entente included Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy, but in the course of the war, Italy switches sides. The reason these alliances were a huge cause is pretty self explanatory. After the assassination, Austria-Hungary had a huge suspicion that the gun used was imported from Serbia. Austria-Hungary then proceeded to attack Serbia. Since Serbia was sided with Russia, they joined in on the fight to take Austria-Hungary. But, since Germany was with Austria-Hungary they attacked Russia and France at first, then fought Great Britain later on. Later in the war the alliances tried to get other countries on their side making it a worldwide