World War I started due to a culmination of several long and short term factors involving aspects of nationalism, imperialism, militarism, alliance systems, and physical conflicts occurring over a forty year period. The industrial revolution brought around a radically different Europe than there ha...

It was Otto Von Bismarck's dream of a German empire that really got the ball rolling towards world war I. In 1862, Bismarck was chosen foreign minister of Prussia and from there he defeated the Austrians and the French where he gained much territory (states) which clearly caused much tension throug...

1. Introduction and Background Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert (1859-1941) known as William II, emperor of Germany and Prussia, was largely instrumental in his policies of bringing about the events that led to the First World War (William II). He was born in Berlin in 1859 and received his educated ...