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Causes of WW1:
http://americanhistory.about.com/od/worldwari/tp/causes-of-world-war-1.htm
the main causes were:
Mutual Defense Alliances-A lot of alliances had been signed by countries between 1879- 1914. They were important because they meant that some countries had no option but to declare war if one of their allies. declared war first.
Imperialism- By 1900 the British Empire extended over five continents and France had control of large areas of Africa. The rise of industrialism countries needed new markets. The amount of lands owned by Britain and France increased the competition with Germany who had entered the journey to acquire colonies late and only had small areas of Africa.
Militarism- The growing European divide and had to led to an arms race between the main countries. The armies of both France and Germany had more than doubled between 1870 - 1914 and there was fierce competition between Britain/ Germany for mastery of the seas. The British had introduced the 'Dreadnought', an effective battleship, in 1906, the Germans soon followed suit introducing their own battleships. The German, Von Schlieffen also drew up a plan of action that involved attacking France through Belgium if Russia made an attack on Germany. The map below shows how the plan was to work.
Nationalism-
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