WWI and WWII
World War I and II were both very harmful to the lives of all the countries involved in the war, and to the countries that weren't involved in the war. Many people believed that the wars were inevitable, while some believed that they were avoidable. The two great wars affected many aspects of life, some aspects good and some bad. There were four main causes of WWI, the causes were militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism. Militarism was one cause of the war, and was similar to the arms race of today. Because Britain had a great navy, Germany wanted a great navy too. Germany and France competed for larger armies. The more one nation built up its army and navy, the more other nations felt they had to do the same. For Twenty years, the nations of Europe had been making alliances. It was thought that alliances would promote peace. Each country would be protected by the others in case of war, thus making it foolish for one country to wage war on another. The danger of these alliances was that an argument between two countries could draw all the other nations into a fight. This is just what happened when a conflict between Austria-Hungary and Serbia led to World War 1. In the summer of 1914 there were two main alliance
In addition to political conflicts, the causes of the war included such forces as nationalism, or patriotism. Nationalism led European nations to compete for the largest army and navy, or the greatest industrial development. It also gave groups of subject peoples the idea of forming independent nations of their own. This brought about the attempts to unify their separated nations. In Italy, the job of unification of the nation was left to Count Camillo Benso di Cavour. Cavour attempted to bring this nation together by working to consolidate the kingdom of Sardinia as a liberal state capable of leading northern Italy. Cavours' program of highways and railroads increased the support for Sardinia. Cavour believed that he was successful but Giuseppe Garibaldi believed that the job was left half done. On June 28, 1914, Gacrilo Princip, a nineteen-year-old Serbian revolutionary, fired two pistols shots. One killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the nephew of Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary and heir to the Austrian throne. The other killed Sophie, his wife. Austria-Hungary held Serbia responsible. On July 5 Austria asked for and recieved from Germany a "blank check" of support for any action Aust
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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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