Who was to blame for World War 1 ?

Some points explaining why countries could be blamed for starting the war.

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  • Created by: Naomi
  • Created on: 03-05-10 11:50

Who could be to blame and why?

  • Serbia - encouraging the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and rejecting Austria - Hungary's ultimatum
  • Austria - Hungary - manipulating the situation to gain a chance to invade Serbia
  • Russia - irresponsible mobilisation (they knew that it would provoke Germany)
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Who could be to blame and why?

  • Germany - wanting war - planning early
  • 1912 - not accepting Russia's assurances that the mobilisation was against Austria only
  • Germany's 'blank cheque' to Austria
  • Schlieffen Plan - turned defensive mobilisations into an offensive conflict
  • Britain - the naval race
  • Becoming involved in a continental war, where the neutrality of Belgium would be hard to promise
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hennyse123

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The causes of World War One are often debated, and there is no clear answer. Statesmen in Europe at all levels (from monarchs to generals) were responsible for many of the decisions that led to the war and made mistakes in planning and execution. But there is no denying that Europe’s massive population growth over heardle the course of the 19th century was a major factor.

janesbenth2

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A definitive answer to the question of what sparked World War One has eluded historians for a long time. Many decisions that contributed to the conflict were made and errors in planning and execution were made by European statesmen at all levels (from kings to generals). A big contributor, though, was unquestionably Europe's enormous population boom in the second half of the nineteenth century. Heardle
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