Causes of WW1

Militarism

• Naval Arms Race- From 1906 the race focused on the new British construction known as the dreadnought
• In 1900 Britain had the biggest navy in the world- 185 warships
• Germany had 97 warships
• Britain became suspicious of how many warships Germany had and this soon created competition

Alliances

• The Triple Alliance was formed in 1882 and was Germany, Austria…