Underlying Causes of World War I

World War I was one of the bloodiest wars that the world had ever seen. WWI was a war fought in Europe between Germany, Russia, France, Great Britain, The United States and many others. However, what is unknown is the numerous causes of this Great War. So the question remains, what were the reasons for WWI. A few of the causes that set off one of the greatest war the world has ever seem are alliances, militarism, and imperialism.

Alliance systems were one of the underlying causes of WWI. The main reason that this was a world war was because of the alliances with different countries. For example, Germany has and alliance with Austria-Hungary, who could have had many other alliances with different countries. Also, because of all the alliance systems, each country had a different point of few on who truly started the war. Everyone but Germany, Austria-Hungary and Serbia thought Germany started the war; however, the war actually started with Austria-Hungary’s archduke Franz Ferdinand being assassinated by Serbia. The different alliances between many of the European countries were the war’s greatest underlying causes.

Militarism was another reason for the start of WWI. Germany had an industrialized nation which included an industrialized military. Germany spent millions of dollars improving their military to prepare them for war. Many other countries, in order to keep up with Germany, were forced to update their military as well as their navies. With this “new and improved” army, Germany was incredibly anxious to utilize their army. Germany was so convinced and determined to win this war, that when the first word of it hit their nation, there was little to no hesitation to make the first move. However, this would prove to be a problem because other nations rushed to industrialize their armies.

Imperialism was the last major underlying cause of WWI. The Germans felt that they needed to rush to conquer the other countries so their