World War One Origins

Grade 11
The Causes of World War 1 and their Consequences
The First World War was a unique war unlike any previous, conflicts. It had completely revolutionized the way modern warfare was fought. Many new weapons, vehicles, and tactics were used. It had introduced a new course of fighting called trench warfare. This war had produced 19 million casualties and civilian population had been greatly effected as never before. But the questions still exists, "Why did this Great War happen?" and "Where were the horrific circumstances that had caused 'the war to end all wars' to take place?" Although there are several indirect answers to this question, such as nationalism, the arms race, imperialism and the alliance system, and Bismarckian politics, there are also numerous direct answers too, such as the Moroccon Crisis, the Balkan Wars, the Fashoda Crisis, and the Russo-Japanese War. In this essay I will examine those situations.
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