World War 1 Cause And Effect Essay

World War I was a direct result of a tangled system of secret friendly partnerships. Beginning after the bringing-together-as-one of Germany in 1871, many nations began secretly allying themselves with each other. Starting with the Dual Friendly partnership between Austria-Hungary and Germany in 1879, the nations of Europe got together as allied themselves in back and forth/equal between people protection agreements in such a way that if any one nation became the target of violent behavior, all of Europe would be pulled into war. That act of violent behavior happened in Bosnia in 1914 when a young Serb, Gavrilo Princip, killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian. Austria-Hungary declared war on the nation of Serbia soon after.

With nearly all of the great military powers rubbing shoulders to build up their own empires, an argument was unavoidable.

One more cause for World War I was the murder of the Austro-Hungarian archduke Franz Ferdinand. The archduke was killed while in Sarajevo, and the killer was from a secret organization known as the "Black Hand". Austrian put the blame on Serbia for the death of their archduke, and eventually declared war. Because of the friendly partnership system discussed above, the other nations were roped into the conflict, causing it to become a world war.

Getting ready for action of armed forces was another more immediate cause of World War I. Russia, in defense of Serbia, its troops on the border of Germany and Austria-Hungary. Germany was already plotting to break into Russia through its Schlieffen Plan, which would require the German army to march through Belgium to break into France, take Paris, then swing around and head for Russia. This Schlieffen Plan Was supposed to prevent a war in which Germany would have an enemy on both sides by disabling the French. The Schlieffen Plan