World War 1

.World At War

The push of imperialism and industrialization caused nationalist tension among the powers of the world; the contradictory alliances formed by these european powers made war inevitable, and the assassination of Archduke ferdinand was the push these forces needed to make World War I a reality, spiraling the entire world out of its makeshift equilibrium. Imperialism, nationalism, and industrialization, the three pronged spear of war, were among the largest contributors to this devastating piece of our world history; each of them just as much a factor as the others.

European countries increased their power and influence through diplomacy and military might leading up to the World War I. Imperialism was another cause of the war. For example the reading stated, “In 1879 he formed a military alliance with Austria-Hungary which Italy was added in 1882. Thus was formed the Triple Alliance”(page 690). He, Bismarck, made this policy of dignity and peace, which further extended Bismark’s strength, the formation of the Triple Alliance. Bismarck was an honest, wholesome power, who had a considerable amount of diplomatic expertise. He used this to influence other countries to alliances

Nationalism, a fight to maintain sovereignty over Empires that were built through imperialism, started the blaze that was World War I. Ironically, it was the war that devastated Europe's Empires and monarchies beyond full restoration. Every single power involved in the war of 1914 had come to the conclusion that they were better than the others in some way, shape or form, and many of these countries were willing to send men and sometimes even mere children to war to prove this self righteous claim of theirs. On another note, nationalism helped lead to World War 1 because it caused conflict. Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated because of nationalism. He was an ethnic German ruling an Empire that included ethnic slavs. Slavic nationalists did not like being ruled by Germans, and killed Archduke