The great World War 1 began in 1914 and ended in 1918. Militarism, alliances, imperialism and nationalism were major causes of the war. The discord between Austria-Hungary and Serbia was a factor to be considered as part of the trigger of war. Many provinces where the Serbians lived, were ruled by the Turks however still governed by the Austria-Hungarians. This caused the Serbians to feel oppressed and consequently, led to the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand. However, this was not the only factor that triggered the war.
The traditional powers who were France, Russia and Britain became nervous at the knowledge of the political growth of Germany and the emergence of a unified Italy. Due to France’s doubt, they quickly formed an alliance with Russia. Britain came to an agreement or “friendly understanding” with France, and consequently Russia. This was known as the “Triple Entente”. Germany retaliated by devising a “Triple Alliance” with Austria-Hungary and Italy. Theoretically, Europe was at peace however, in truth, the two sides had already created enemies with each other and the war was destined to occur!
These two powerful alliances created fear and mistrust between the countries. Because of this, all the European states maintained large armies and navies. Countries in Europe believed that military force was a deterrent against attack, but instead, was one of the causes that led to the beginning of the Great War, a war that has become significant history, and a war that changed the world forever.
The traditional powers who were France, Russia and Britain became nervous at the knowledge of the political growth of Germany and the emergence of a unified Italy. Due to France’s doubt, they quickly formed an alliance with Russia. Britain came to an agreement or “friendly understanding” with France, and consequently Russia. This was known as the “Triple Entente”. Germany retaliated by devising a “Triple Alliance” with Austria-Hungary and Italy. Theoretically, Europe was at peace however, in truth, the two sides had already created enemies with each other and the war was destined to occur!
These two powerful alliances created fear and mistrust between the countries. Because of this, all the European states maintained large armies and navies. Countries in Europe believed that military force was a deterrent against attack, but instead, was one of the causes that led to the beginning of the Great War, a war that has become significant history, and a war that changed the world forever.
I liked how you explained in details and steps the formations of the "Triple Entente" and "Triple Alliance".
ReplyDeleteCould you possibly elaborate on some examples of militarism, imperialism and nationalism? How did these trigger the start of the war?
Nice detail about the formation of the Triple Entente and Triple Alliance.
ReplyDeleteBut your sentences were very short; maybe you could vary your sentence lengths to make it more "interesting"? Any visuals you could add?
Nice background though, good job guys :)
We like how you added in not just the year of the beginning of the war, but also when it ended. We also find the fact that you acknowledged the Triple Entente as not just the...'Triple Entente' but as the traditional powers.
ReplyDeleteWe think that separating your paragraph into smaller ones would help with the relative ease of reading it, rather than straining and trying to follow along such a big mass of words.
And we also agree with Ann and Kayley; elaborating more and giving a little more detail to the militarism, imperialism and so on would have been helpful.
Nice work overall.
I tend to disagree with most of the comments above. It is true that your sentences are short, but that is blogging. It needs to be readable and accessable to a wide audience. If the others read carefully, they would notice your reference to both militarism and nationalism. You state that the Serbians were oppressed and that distrust amongst the powers led to increasing army sizes. I also like your understanding of the 'friendly understanding' between France and Britain. A nice post overall (VH).
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