What Caused World War 1?
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- What Caused World War 1?
- M.A.I.N
- Militarism
- Arm Race
- An arms race, in its original usage, is a competition between two or more parties to have the best armed forces. Each party competes to produce larger numbers of weapons, greater armies, superior military technology, etc. in a technological escalation.
- The aim of militarism is to conquer and protect new territory
- Naval Race between Germany and Britain
- Arm Race
- An arms race, in its original usage, is a competition between two or more parties to have the best armed forces. Each party competes to produce larger numbers of weapons, greater armies, superior military technology, etc. in a technological escalation.
- The German Navy Law of 1898 increased the German battleships from nine cruisers to twelve. In 1900 Germany passed a Navy Law which doubled the German battle fleet.
- Britain had a policy of 'two-powered standard'. It called for the Royal Navy to maintain a number of battleships at least equal to the combined strength of the next two largest navies in the world
- Naval Defence Act 1889
- Between 1909 and 1911 Germany built nine Dreadnoughts while Britain completed 18 Dreadnoughts
- Arm Race
- Meant that by 1914, countries had the means and will to wage war
- Conscription
- All continental countries, except Britain, had conscription since 1870.
- This meant that countries were prepared for war and were expanding their length of military service to prepare for it
- All continental countries, except Britain, had conscription since 1870.
- Arm Race
- Alliances
- Agreements between two or more countries
- Triple Alliance
- Countries involved
- Germany
- Austria-Hungary
- Italy
- Countries involved
- Triple Entente
- Britain
- Russia
- France
- Alliances meant that when one country went to war its ally would help to. This meant that when Russia declared war on Austria-Hungry, Germany declared war on Russia
- Imperialism
- Countries who believed that they were superior thought it was alright to conquer and rule others – particularly if they were inhabited by races they thought were inferior.
- Britain feared that Germany was going to expand and threaten their empire
- This led to more spending on the military
- The Imperialism was important because countries could show their power and provide resources to the mother land
- Also it is important for the Empire to make lots of money and help the country fight in the war.
- Nationalism
- Nationalism was important because with the newer technology, each country thought that their country was superior to others, and they felt they owed their country something.
- When one country think it is better than others.
- Militarism
- The direct cause of World War 1 was the assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand at Sarajevo on 28 June 1914
- M.A.I.N
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