THE CAUSES OF WORLD WAR ONE

 
 
World War I started in the summer of 1914. Most of the war took place in Europe. The war was long and lasted four years. World War I was unlike any previous wars. New weapons such as machine guns, tanks and poison gas made fighting deadlier than ever. Also, the civilian population was no longer safe from attack by military forces. Submarines changed naval warfare because they could sink ships without warning. Since, fighting was set all across the world they called it the World War. The main cause for the war was the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife, who was heir to the throne of Austria- Hungary. The person who assassin Archduke was a Serbian nationalist on the morning of June 28, 1914, while he was traveling through Sarajevo. Sarajevo was the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The main reason why Archduke was assassin was because the Serbians feared that after his rise to the throne he would continue the persecution of Serbs living within the Austro - Hungarian Empire. The Serbian terrorist organization, the Black Hand, had trained a small group of teenage operatives to break into Bosnia and carry out assassination of the Archduke. It was also believed that Nationalism, Militarism, and Imperi
 
 


Since, Russia, a Slavic nation and a friend of Serbia, mobilized its forces in preparation for war. Russia, Supported Slavic people it also feared that Austria - Hungary wanted to rule Slavic people. Furthermore, some economic reasons for imperialism was that countries became imperialist because colonies had natural resources and raw materials needed for Europe's factories. An attack on one country brought the whole alliance into the war. The war caused great human and economic losses. The allies had Britain, France and Russia later on the United States. Nationalism led to imperialism, because people believed that having colonies proved the strength and importance of their country. Fighting also took place in Africa and the Middle East. In the Balkans, what began as a local incident created the global war. Consequently, Austria- Hungary declared war on Serbia on July 28. In addition, there were three major fronts in Europe where fighting occurred. Since, The United States because it was a neutral nation it had the right to sail the seas freely without being attacked. Nations agrees to defend each other in case of attack. Britain was the largest empire in the world, and it also had the largest navy. Some topics in this essay:
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