We learn from history and it is recorded in the history that fist world war was one of the world most disaster one. It is said that First World War bought many people to live, like they are in hell. We have also seen and watched lots of movies about First World War. We have also read many article, books and heard from our great grand parents about First World War.
The causes of first world war which began in central Europe in late July 1914, included intertwined factors, such as the conflicts and hostility of the four decades leading up to the war. Militarism, alliances, and nationalism played major roles in the conflict as well. The immediate origins of the war, however, lay in the decisions taken by statesmen and generals during the crisis of 1914, casus belli for which was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife by Gavrilo Princip, an irredentist Serb.
The crisis came after a long and difficult series of diplomatic clashes between the Great Powers (Italy, France, Germany, the British Empire, the Austria-Hungarian Empire and Russia) over European and colonial issues in the decade before 1914 that had left tensions high. In turn these diplomatic clashes can be traced to changes in the balance of power in Europe since 1867. The more immediate cause for the war was tensions over territory in the Balkans. Austria-Hungary competed with Serbia and Russia for territory and influence in the region and they pulled the rest of the Great Powers into the conflict through their various alliances and treaties.
Although the chain of events unleashed by the assassination triggered the war, the war’s origins go deeper, involving national politics, cultures, economics, and a complex web of alliances and counterbalances that had developed between the various European powers since 1870. Some of the most important long term or structural causes are: the growth of nationalism across Europe, unresolved territorial disputes, an intricate system of alliances, the perceived breakdown of the balance of power in Europe, convoluted and fragmented governance, the arms races of the previous decades, previous military planning, imperial and colonial rivalry for wealth, power and prestige, and economic and military rivalry in industry and trade. The various categories of explanation for World War I correspond to different historians’ overall methods. Most historians and popular commentators include causes from more than one category of explanation to provide a rounded account of the causes of the war.
I have seen in our last class video that how creative the people were in old days. They use different kind of methods to check on their enemy. They don’t have modern technology like now but they used their brain to detect their enemy. Many lives were lost in the war; people were fighting for their freedom and their rights.
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