WW1

Causes of World War I

World War One or The Great War as it became known, occurred due to many causes,
some of which still remain unexposed today. Many believe that the most obvious
trigger for the war was the assassination of the Heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne,
the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie on the 28th June 1914. However
there was more to the onset of this war than just the assassination. It was also the
result of leaders' aggression towards other countries and ideologies such as
nationalism, imperialism and militarism along with the prominent alliance systems and
the arms race which increased the escalating tensions that lead to the outbreak of the
first world war in 1914.
During the late nineteenth and into the twentieth century, nationalism was a
prominent movement that had spread itself across Europe and fed the fires in pre-war
conditions. All major powers had strong feelings towards the concepts of supporting
their own nation and believ...