Three Main Causes Of World War I

World War 1 (1914-1918) was one of the bloodiest wars in all of history, which ended with around 40 million casualties, and was commonly known as “a war of attrition” which was basically a war to test who could survive the longest. In this war there were two main opposing forces, the central powers, consisting of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and The Ottoman Empire. The second opposing force was the allied powers, which consisted of Britain, France, Italy, Russia, and the United States. Although World War 1 was sparked by the death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, this war had 3 most important causes. The three most important causes of World War 1 were nationalism, alliances, and of course militarism.
Nationalism had a huge impact on causing WW1, because war is always an argument on which province was the most superior, so all the nations wanted to prove that they were the superior. Nationalism was very influential in that It gave citizens an extreme amount of confidence in their country, the way their government was ran, and their military. But with every nation feeling that
although many of the alliances assisted with war, a majority of the help aided by alliances was financial backing, or providing supplies essential for survival, such as food and weapons. All of the alliances ended up with two main teams fighting in the war, the central powers, and the allied powers. Though these alliances were mainly used in WW1, they were formed and negotiated before 1914. An example of how the alliances worked would be when Germany came into the war when their ally Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, and then Russia and France came and helped Serbia, because they were their