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How Did World War 1 Start Essay

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The world's first global war. The “Great War” created conflict with the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire against the Allied forces of Great Britain, the United States, France, Russia, Italy and Japan. World War one was the beginning of modernized technology to warfare. Modernized warfare resulted mass destruction and a lot of deaths. With more than 9 million soldiers killed by the end of the war in November 1918. How was World war one started? Did it start because of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo? knowing they had to contain Germany before Berlin upset the power balance on the Continent? Was it the Russians—after all, didn’t they support the Serbs and mobilize their troops before Germany …show more content…

Princip belonged to a group called the Black Hand, who wanted Serbia to be independent from Austria Hungary. Austria Hungary demanded that Serbia was to pay for responsible of the assassination. When Serbia didn’t comply, Austria Hungary declared war on Serbia. Since Serbia was an ally of the Allied Powers, the Allied Powers declared war on Austria Hungary. This, in effect, meant a declaration of war against the Central Powers. Ferdinand’s assassination started a chain reaction that led to both powers declaring war on each other. The second cause was a lot of militarism in World War One.Dictators and military elites had too much control over Russia, Germany and Austria and the war was one consequence of their desire for military power. Britain’s Navy was stronger if we went by how many people were in the navy, ships and carrying capacity than both Germany and Austria Hungary’s navies combined. Since aristocrats in Germany and Austria Hungary knew they were losing the arms race, they decided the best way to catch up to Britain’s Navy was to declare war. Economic imperialism is the third cause of World War One. Great

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