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Cause Of World War One

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Everyone in the world had a hard time when World War One rolled around. One interesting story I found was, “On Christmas morning we stuck up a board with 'A Merry Christmas' on it. The enemy had stuck up a similar one. Platoons would sometimes go out for twenty-four hours' rest - it was a day at least out of the trench and relieved the monotony a bit - and my platoon had gone out in this way the night before, but a few of us stayed behind to see what would happen. Two of our men then threw their equipment off and jumped on the parapet with their hands above their heads. Two of the Germans done the same and commenced to walk up the river bank, our two men going to meet them. They met and shook hands and then we all got out of the trench.” Story …show more content…

For centuries Europe had been a melting pot of ethnic and territorial rivalries, political intrigues, competing ambitions, military threats, suspicions and paranoia. France and England were ancient antagonists whose rivalry erupted into open warfare several times between the 14th and early 19th centuries. Relations between the French and Germans were also troubled, while France and Russia also had their differences. European leaders relied on alliances as a defensive measure, a deterrent to war and a political device.” from. http://alphahistory.com/worldwar1/alliances/. Alliances were protection if someone wanted to attack someone. For example when the arch duke was shot, Austria declared war on Serbia, so Russia went to help Serbia. And by Russia joining, Germany could come and help …show more content…

When World War I erupted in 1914, President Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) pledged neutrality for the United States, a position that the vast majority of Americans favored. Britain, however, was one of America’s closest trading partners, and tension soon arose between the United States and Germany over the latter’s attempted quarantine of the British Isles. Several U.S. ships traveling to Britain were damaged or sunk by German mines, and in February 1915 Germany announced unrestricted submarine warfare in the waters around Britain. From history.com Later found out the the Lusitania was carrying around 173 tons of war munitions for Britain, which Germany used as justification for the attack. The Us protected the active and Germany later apologized and pledged to end unrestricted submarine warfare. Later in November of the same year a U-boat sunk an Italian liner without warning killing over 270 people 25 were Americans. Public opinion of the Inited States began to turn against Germany.

World War One had many different causes, to name a few would be: Assassination of the Archduke, Alliances, and the Sinking of the Lusitania. Studying subjects like this helps us learn to NEVER do anything stupid like this again. But later we do WWII. We wouldn’t want to have World War Three, because of all these groups that we are dealing with right now. Including, but not limited to, ISIS

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