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01 WORLD WAR I: CAUSES AND ALLIANCES
Causes
Imperialist ambitions
In the partition of colonies, Germany had been left at a disadvantage relative to France and Great Britain
at the start of the 20th century the Second German Empire was Europe’s main industrial and economic power
An aggressive diplomacy
No forum for debate or international organisation was created to discuss conflicts between states
Nationalist rivalries
wo of the biggest industrial powers, France and Germany, remained hostile
The arms race
The atmosphere of rivalry and imperialist ambitions led to the rearmament of states
Weaponry
The Great War was the most devastating military conflict that history had ever seen
Technological advances in the weapons industry largely contributed
was the first war in which aviation played a fundamental role
Other inventions of enormous destructive power were
armoured vehicles
German Zeppelins
tanks
airships
machine guns
lethal mustard gas
The Alliances
Two blocs of alliances were created
The Triple Alliance (1882)
Italy later abandoned this bloc
the Ottoman Empire (1914) and Bulgaria (1915) joined once the war started
formed by Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary
The Triple Entente (1907)
formed by Russia, France and Great Britain and its respective colonial empires
Italy abandoned the Triple Alliance and joined the Triple Entente
Other countries participated in the Triple Entente, but very unequally
Belgium, Serbia and Montenegro were invaded by Germany and Austria-Hungary
The United States entered the war in 1917
Romania (1916) and Greece (1917) joined due to developments on the Balkan front
Japan declared war on Germany (1914) due to its imperialist ambitions in Asia and the Pacific
