How Did Britain Cause Ww1

The shattered hearts of waiting families, not knowing their last embrace would be their final touch, that so roughly the lives of their loved ones would be ripped from them, even for the men that escaped the terror of the first world war their minds were trapped. In 1914 European countries destroyed the peace between nations. With blame and accusations surrounding this atrocity in human history. Causes surrounding the true monster that would lead to the death and forever damaging affects of WWI were blamed, but events such as imperialistic dominance, rise of militarism, and alliances were the true root of the dammage to come from WWI. Of the emphasised events that lead up to WWI, alliances were the biggest factor to the slaughter of 38 million lives.
The growing British empire docked fear into countries around the world. The British empire was feared that their intense growth would be unstoppable. The fear of Britain's success can be seen in propaganda. This is seen in the headlines of German propaganda, “ England, the blood sucker of the world” (Poster collection, Hoover Institution Archives). The growth of the British empire lead to a paranoia of english power. The anxiety of nations around the world is justified when looking at the area that Britain had control of, as seen in

Some may also argue that imperialism created fear which fueled the war, but it remains that the fear did not spark the actions to fuel a world war, but was simply propaganda, without action. The alliances made in World War I made it so action would have to be taken. The alliances forced great empires of the early 19th century to either turn on stand with one another, making this the most significant event that would start World War