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Was World War 1 Justified Essay

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WW1. It was a massive war that changed many countries. For the good and for the bad. There are many queries about the war. Such as, how did it start, why did so many Australians volunteer, was it our war, was it justified, and so on. Well, these questions, and many more, are exactly what will be included and answered in this essay. First of all, what long term tensions caused the war? It involved mainly nationalism, militarism, imperialism, and defence treaty alliances on both sides. Nationalism is the feeling of patriotism for your own country, causing to feel much superiority and over other countries and feel much pride and honour for your own . Nationalism was one of the most significant factors to WW1 because it led to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. He was killed by a group of 6 assassins, (5 from Siberia and 1 Bosniak) trying to end Austria-Hungarys provinces so it could be combined into a nation called Yugoslavia, (Wikipedia, 2018). But this wasn’t all. Militarism was also a big part of the disagreement through the countries. In order to seem secure and powerful, countries such as Germany, France, UK, Italy and Bulgaria, needed to keep their …show more content…

He was an Archduke of Austria as well as being the Royal Prince of Hungary, (Wikipedia, 2018). On the 28th of June, 1914, he was assassinated by, as said before, by a group of 6 assassins trying to end Austria-Hungarys provinces so it could be combined into a nation called Yugoslavia, (Wikipedia, 2018). The government saw this as a direct attack towards their counties and thought that Serbiria and Bosnia had worked together towards this terrible attack. So, a few days later, Germany had declared war on Russia, (Ducksters, 2018). Straight after, many of the countries allies had taken their sides and that is when the war had really

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