World War I was the first long, deadly, and mechanized war in world history, which resulted in a total of thirty eight million civilian casualties. WWI started in 1914 after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Hungary. WWI lasted for four years and consisted of several dreadful battles between the Allies (France, Britain, Italy and Russia) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria). The war ended by signing the Treaty of Versailles, but the war was not resolved; instead, WWII sparked a couple years later. The conflict of WWI was caused by intimidating nationalism and alliances between countries created two opposing sides, the Central Powers and Allies, but there was no clear resolution to the war; the Central Powers were not satisfied with the results of the war and WWII happened twenty years later. Aggressive nationalism drove countries to fight in WWI so they could prove themselves strong. Nationalism involves groups of people who identify with their government and create a unique bond. Nationalistic feelings were especially strong in France and Germany. Germans were proud of their new empire’s military power and industrial leadership while France still …show more content…
Each country wants to be the strongest imperialist in the continent, creating lots of tension. In order to gain protection and support from other countries, there were two alliances formed; the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente. These two alliances formed two opposing sides called the Allies and the Central Powers and to back each other up, when one country declared war, the other countries in that alliance would help resulting in more countries into the war. The bonding alliances caused hardships between countries and backups between other countries which led to tough