During the 20th century in European nations, countries fought amongst each other in the First World War. The causes of this war and disputed upon to this day, but three of the causes are definitely: The concept of the countries already prepared for war, the strong sense of nationalism, and the prominent amount of national power. All throughout Europe, even in the days of peace before the war, the countries were prepared to fight each other. Individuals saw war as a necessity for life itself (Doc 1). Most nations talked about fighting, but never really acted. The point of view from people as low as the common everyday man all the way up to the Kaiser, talked about the potential war (Doc2) Before the war, in Germany, the German Chancellor Prince Bernhard Von Bulow said that in the 20th century “the German nation will either be the hammer or the anvil.”(Doc 8). Bulow in a way predicted the war. The war between the nations was inevitable, especially between Serbia and Austria.(Doc6). Once the war did start, however, the nations of Europe all pointed fingers at each other, saying that one …show more content…
With national anthems and poems helping the cause and putting bright spirit into the citizens, nationalism was inevitable, especially during war. Also with the Russian National Anthem involving Christianity, which is the largest supported religion at the time. How can pride and nationalism not be shown by the people (doc 5)? Furthermore, the “Rule Britannia” alone supports the claim that Great Britain is the chosen land. And that its people have and will not lose, in anything. This leads to the “Rule Britannia,” like the Russian National Anthem, basically subliminally pushing its citizens into wanting to help and fight in the war (doc 5). In the end, having all these national saying giving biased view to its people in believing that their country is the
The Triple Entente banded together and all blamed Germany for starting the war. According to Document B, France, Great Britain, and Russia were all pointing the finger at Germany, blaming them for starting the war. Due to the alliance's, most of the European countries became involved, not just Austria and Serbia. As stated by Document B, Germany was standing in front of Austria trying to help defend them, however, that then gave the other European countries another reason to accuse Germany for the start of World War I. Each alliance managed to stay together with defending each other throughout the massive
During the years that led up to World War 1, many factors took place that potentially caused the war to occur, especially in the continent of Europe. In the Balkan peninsula, a belief called nationalism caused lots of chaos and tension between the nations (OI). Prideful Balkan countries would battle amongst themselves to prove their dominance as a culture. On top of this, countries formed alliances, creating an intricate alliance system that stretched throughout most of 20th century Europe
War broke out in 1914 due to forces that had been building up in Europe for years. While the Allies blamed Germany for the war too harshly, its actions certainly did directly contribute to World War I, as did those of Austria Hungary. However, each country involved fostered militarism in their country, and became in entrenched in the web of alliances and race for imperial power, all causes of the environment that led to the Great War. Therefore, it could be said that all European countries were responsible, in part, for World War I, as reflected in Documents 5, 6, and 7.
The Great War, or the First World War, was a global fight centered in Europe from 1914 to 1918. This disastrous war was established because of one small, yet direct incident in Austria-Hungary. As well as this , there were indirect incidents leading up to this event that heated the tension between the European countries. The ideas of imperialism, militarism, the Alliance system and nationalism, were the beginning causes; the perfect ingredients to stir up the pressure.
This proved that people were deceived by seeing good in war. Both governments and citizens were constantly competing against each other about who is the best nation, by doing so, countries were satisfied at the state of war. National anthems were often sung and written to show support to soldiers fighting for their countries and to glorify their nationalism. Rule Britannia was a poem written to honor Britain’s power, declaring that “ Britons never will be slaves. The nations not so blest as thee, shall in their turns to tyrants fall; while thou shalt flourish great and free...”
Many people of the general public had the mindset that to be proud and patriotic, they had to stand for their country. In a newspaper article by the leader of the Black Hand, a Serbian military intelligence that worked against Austria as an opponent. It states “This war derives from the duty of our race which will not permit itself to be assimilated.” (Doc I) This quote shows how nationalism plays a part in how people proud of their country move to protect the honor of their home.
Militarism was the highest contributor to World War I because of the arms race, military rivalries, and the amount of money spent on growing armies. By turning small problems into a whole ordeal, the arms race contributed to making militarism the leading cause of World War I. Document “I” depicts a pile of wood ranging from twigs that say things like Bosnia to larger logs that have phrases like “Triple Alliance,” a match that mentions Sarajevo, and two gusts of wind saying, “The Arms Race” and “Nationalist Movements.” The arms race in this cartoon provides the
How did nationalism cause WW1? 1910-1919 Nationalism was the main cause of World War One. The direct result of it led to the militarization of Europe’s countries, nationalistic feelings in Yugoslavia, and the alliances formed before the war. Despite the common idea that the first world war started because of Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination, it was only a reason for Austria-Hungary to declare war. Nationalism was the driving factor to his assassination, and would not have happened without it.
This mass amount of power not only caused the war to become more heated with countries like Britain using their colonies to fight on their side, but it also spread jealousy to less powerful nations. According to document E, a German propaganda poster, illustrates Britain as an octopus that is reaching over the world to its conquered colonies. The title reads “Freedom of the Seas,” (Document E) with a caption reading “England, the bloodsucker of the world,” (Document E). In document F, Germany had less colonial rule than Britain and therefore are angry that Britain has so much power. This brings on more bitterness that caused the war.
In the next seven days Russia declares war on Austria-Hungary, Germany declared war on Russia, France declared war on Germany and Austria-Hungary, Britain joined France and Russia, Europe is at war!” (DBQ: What Were the Underlying Causes of World War 1, 2010, Background
July 28th, 1914, marked the start of World War I, which lasted until November 11th, 1918. The Triple Alliance and Triple Entente fought each other in this war. The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, an Austria-Hungary leader, marked the beginning of World War I, but the difference in policies between the involved countries ultimately fuelled the war. According to insider evidence, imperialism was a significant factor in starting the fire of World War I.
In World War One, the Treaty of Versailles almost destroyed Germany and many Germans were upset. A leader in a socialist party, called Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor. Then, soon the Fuhrer und Reichskanzler, or the Leader and Reich Chancellor of Germany. He was allied with the Japanese and Italy. He invaded Czechoslovakia and Poland and started the Second World War.
The Unpreventable Great War World War I was one of the most devastating and destructive events that occurred during history. It was inevitable to happen due to three main factors including, militarism, nationalism, and alliances between certain countries. However, there are other people who believe that World War I was not inevitable and could have been prevented through certain measures. This source describes that World War I could have been prevented if there were more stable and successful negotiations between countries. However, due to the lack of peaceful negotiations between certain countries, many conflicts arose because of desires to expand military and navels.
Around the 1890 through 1914 France, Great Britain, Germany, and Russia were spending large amounts of money especially Germany. Other nations were wondering why Germany were spending that much money for. For Europe, the European war has broke out for a couple of reasons. The Rise of Germany, they have worked with different nations and caused the “The Century of Total War”. Rise of military spending, in 1914 Germany has been spending large amounts of money but, Europe has became suspicious of Germany because of their spendings.
In Scotland’s case, the population was largely disheartened following the aforementioned 1979 devolution referendum and appointment of Thatcher. Regarding the “1979 devolution debacle”, Scotland had momentarily surrendered their fight for a national identity and accepted to remain part of the United Kingdom, which cultivated a feeling within Scotland that the citizens “had no voice.” (Welsh and Peddie 133) Although the “exasperation with politics” was evident, there was a greater issue with identity as reflected in Welsh’s text, Trainspotting (Welsh and Peddie 132). Specifically, Renton’s preceding colonization rant is enough to corroborate this phenomenon, however he also remarks, “Ah’ve never felt British, because ah’m not… Ah’ve never really felt Scottish either.”