Causes of WWI
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 had ever been before and it made nations compete and be wary of each other politically, economically, and militarily. This tension among the leadership of the European nations was supported by the rising nationalism within each nation. Economic and imperial competition and fear of war brought the nations into alliances and an increase in arms manufacturing. Nationalism was very strong within the European nations because of their strong sense of brotherhood and ethnic culture. Nationalism is what led to the unification of Germany in 1871 after a series of wars commanded by the Prussian leader Bismark. Along this path towards German unification was the Franco-Prussian war ending in a French defeat. The war’s end left the French bitter after the loss of their Alsace-Lorraine. This was the first of many clashes between Germany and France which strengthen their hatred of one another. Nationalism brought a problem for German ally, A
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