The Sad And Bloody Days Of Our History: Causes Of The First World War (Essay Sample)

Causes of World War 1 Name Institution Class Course Name Professor Date Causes of World War brings about the loss of life, property, lands, and displacement of individuals. There are various factors that contribute to the development of war among nations. This paper examines the causes of world war 1.It brings out the origin of World War 1 which took place in August 1914. World War 1 was made up of Allied powers and Central powers. The philosophy that culture of a certain nation is greater than other, extending of one rule to other foreign nations due to policy, nation competing with each other, maintenance of strong military so as to defend or protect the interest of the nation and, countries forming unions contributed largely to World war 1. In case of an attack on other countries, war unions wanted them to be protected given that those attacking them were main members of other war unions. Rigidity among unions of nations with able military provided grounds for war. The assassination of Frances Ferdinand who was an Austrian together with his spouse due to nationalism led to the implication of Yugoslavia by Austria. (Keegan, 2014). It wanted to attack but feared Russia that was a protectorate of Yugoslavia given the treaty, as Germany pushed Austria to attack Yugoslavia and promising to defend them. Germany had created an alliance with Turkey making them so sure of defeating any European nation. They also expected England not to get involved if Russia was the attacker not knowing that the agreement around Europe was that Serbia could not be conquered due to the assassination. (Keegan, 2014). Schlieffen Plan of Germans which involved surrounding and doing away with opponents was applied in attacking France and, for personal wars for instance attack on Tannenberg. They aimed at ending the war with France earlier and, taking control of it before Russia but they lost because of not abiding by the condition that they should avoid colonization and increasing te...