What were the causes of WW1?
Title: What were the causes of WW1?
Category: /History/War & Conflicts
Details: Words: 3672 | Pages: 13 (approximately 235 words/page)
What were the causes of WW1?
Category: /History/War & Conflicts
Details: Words: 3672 | Pages: 13 (approximately 235 words/page)
Ioulia Samouilovskaia.
08.03.05.
Even up to day different historians still argue about the question "what were the causes of world war one". Some historians, like Fischer for example blame Germany's policy of expansionist, others, like Howard, blame the race for mobilization. However we should also keep in mind that it wasn't just one factor that led to war, there were a lot of them, most of them divide in two groups, long-term causes and short-term causes.
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occasions. So as not to have a major war on two fronts, the plan was to invade France from the North, capture Paris within 6 weeks and then move all the troops to the Eastern front to attack the Russians, who were much slower to mobilize. Then Britain sent an ultimatum ordering German troops to leave Belgian soil, and as no reply was received, Britain declared war on Germany. And that's how the Great War began.