Ww1 Causes

The First World War started in early 1900s. Seven countries were in this battle and put together alliance among themselves as they were hungry for power and control. Germany and several great power went into war which was mainly in Europe due to several reasons, these include Nationalism, imperialism, militarism, alliance system and several major crises and incident that happened during a period. Some believe that the outbreak of the world war one was mainly responsible by the Germans because they did things like start the alliance system and extreme nationalism which made them make an alliance with Austria-Hungary and become a German state.

Nationalism was one of the main reasons for causes of WWI. In the 19th century nationalism was believed

Many of the countries like France and Britain were trying to take control over countries in Asia and Africa. They often have military as they are trying to take over which led to peace between those countries. For 200 years, Britain and France had expanded their empires and they eventually took over Africa. While thinking that other countries would be satisfied as French Marshall Ferdinand Foch, Supreme Allied Commander once said "This is not peace. It is an armistice for 20 years." Imperialism in Africa was taken by France and Britain but other countries such as Austria-Hungary, Germany and Russia didn't feel satisfied with their share of control over Africa. This led to bigger rivalries among them and led to an alliance

There were several reasons why France was fighting with Germany and these are some examples. As Germany became in a hostile situation with France, Germany was scared that their power alone would be unable to protect themselves and they decide to make alliance with other countries in Europe. They formed a triple alliance consisting of Italy, Austria Hungary and themselves. To keep the power balanced in Europe, France went with Great Britain and Russia and they were know as the Entente. Both of the alliance helped each other out when their countries are attacked and could not back out no matter how much they wanted to but the alliance system was flawed as any disagreements between the alliance will result in wars. As they were getting ready for attacks, they had a huge amount of supplies together for a massive army for each and so they could protect their country