Choose three countries from World War One (excluding the United States) and describe in detail how those countries used the following:
Militarism; Alliances; Imperialism; and Nationalism.
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Samantha Foster
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9-21-13
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M.A.I.N in World War 1
World War 1 was a global war that started in 1814 and ended in 1918. In what was supposed to be nothing more than a dispute between two nations (Austria-Hungary and Serbia), ended up being a huge brawl that involved the entire world. Below are three countries that used M.A.I.N (militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism) in this period of war.
Germany is one country that used M.A.I.N in world war 1. As Germany was on its way to becoming a great European power Bismarck, Prime minister of Prussia, saw to it that the new German Empire be protected from potential threats. This resulted in Germany making many alliances with other countries around Europe. Among these alliances was the Dual Alliance between Germany and Austria-Hungary. In this alliance, Germany and Austria-Hungary “promised aid to each other in the event of an attack by Russia, or if Russia aided another power at war with either Germany or Austria-Hungary” (firstworldwar.com).This alliance benefited Germany because Austria-Hungary was mostly a German Empire that was under Germany’s rule and therefore easy to dominate. Germany also used Militarism in World War 1. There was a great arms race between the European powers in which they sought out to strengthen their military forces in numbers and in power. “From 1913 to July 1914, Germany increased her standing forces by 170,000 men” (funfront.com). Germany also wanted a stronger navy. Britain was known for having a strong navy force and so Germany strived to create a navy force that could rival Britain’s. This led to Germany and Britain becoming rivals at sea. Imperialism was also used by Germany in World War 1. Although Germany was a late player in the game of imperialism Germany “achieved a limited empire in east and southwest Africa and on the coast of china”(authentichistory.com). Germany also managed to establish colonies pacific southwest. Last but not least, Germany also used nationalism in World War 1. As a result from the Franco-Prussian war, nationalism was used to create a united German Empire in 1871.
Another country that used M.A.I.N in World War 1 was Great Britain. Since Britain is separated from mainland Europe by the English Channel North Sea, it was only natural for Britain to have a powerful navy force. Around the 1890’s, Germany was on its way to becoming a great European power. Not wanting to be outdone by Germany, Britain began to strengthen its navy force by creating more battleships called dreadnoughts. “Between 1909 and 1911 Germany built nine Dreadnoughts while Britain completed 18 Dreadnoughts” (funfront.com). In 1898, Britain found itself without any allies. In 1904, the Anglo-French Entente was created between Britain and France. Although this treaty was not official, it did remove any differences between France and Britain which made war between the two countries less likely. While tensions grew all around Europe, Britain stayed true to its policy of “splendid isolation” until 1902. Britain’s main focus was ruling its large overseas empire. Imperialism was used by the British because in 1858, Britain had imposed complete rule over India and occupied Egypt in 1882 in order to protect its Indian interests. By 1900, the British managed to extend their empire to over five continents. Great Britain had used nationalism even before World War 1 because in 1870, Britain became the most industrialized country in Europe.
ReplyDeleteA third country that used M.A.I.N in World War 1 was France. Like Germany and Britain, France also used militarism and decided to strengthen its military force. France’s army had more than doubled between 1870 and 1914. Alliances were also made by the French and other countries around Europe. In 1894, the Franco-Russian alliance was created between France and Russia. This alliance was formed in order for France and Russia to protect themselves from Germany and Austria-Hungary. Like Britain, France also owned many lands overseas. Through imperialism, France was able to take over many large areas of Africa. Nationalism had also been used by the French during World War 1. France had been a great European power for many years. However, France had been defeated in a war by Germany in 1871. From 1871 and forward, France’s greatest ambition as a country was to recover its stolen territory from Germany.
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Funfront.com (n.d.) militarism retrieved September 21 2013 from http://www.funfront.net/hist/wwi/military.htm
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The four main causes of World War One and the reasons that many countries entered into the scuffle were militarism, nationalism, imperialism and the multitude of alliances formed and broken. Militarism, the idealization of military power and its use by a government, became an extremely popular school of thought that almost always lead to war. Similarly, nationalism and extreme patriotism made any threat a good cause for an act of war. With national and militaristic pride came a conquering, imperialistic attitude that one’s country ought to be in charge of many—or even all—others. To achieve any goals and to protect one’s country against pending threats, or to be a threat, alliances were a necessary and often lethal side-dish that, when broken, misinterpreted or seen as a growing threat gave countries on all sides reasons and insurance to go into war.
ReplyDeleteGermany was a great example of a country whose use of militarism drew them into World War One. Split into many states that were becoming culturally solitary, Germany needed unity and, being a militaristic country, war was a sure bet to bring the nation together. Combining forces with Austria-Hungary and Italy would also boost their military and chances against Russia and France, the biggest threats to Germany and its allies. Germany was also hungry to prove itself as a strong world power, and a formidable army was a sure way to do so. Germany originally allied with Austria-Hungary because there were many Germans in that country and they had an amicable relationship, so, when Austria-Hungary was threating to go to war with Serbia, a country under the wing of Germany’s greatest rival, Russia, they were more than happy to capitalize upon the alliance in case of war. Allying with Austria-Hungary would also give them strength were Russia to act on their tensions with Germany. Italy was also asked to join as Germany feared they would instead ally with Russia. Increasing the threat, whereas an alliance with Deutschland would only strengthen them against Russia. Germany’s pride was swelling and the country wanted to be accepted as a great world power, and so prescribed to imperialism, hungering for more land and influence, Alsace-Loraine being the main temptation. At the same time, Germany chafed at Russia’s imperial power over the minor countries to Germany’s southeast. Internal pride and patriotism in the form of nationalism also drew Germany into war as they wished to strengthen that value and their country through a common enemy during war. Germany also wished to prove its power and validity in being so proud by distinguishing itself from countries like France and Britain and claim itself a seat of world power.
Italy also went to war for many of the same reasons, though they were more influenced by the desire for land. They thought greater military power would aid them in the success of their many prospective conquests, including Tunisia, which originally pitted them against France who snapped it up before Italy had the resources. They cultivated a culture of conquest-by –force which made them inclined towards war. Italy first allied with Germany and Austria-Hungary before splitting away to aid France against its former allies. Italy hoped the first alliance would give them greater access to resources and the means to take more land, but it just drew them closer to war. Their hunger for land and a greater hand in Europe’s power play greatly influenced their imperialistic reasoning for war, and furthered their national cause. Italy also, like Germany, very much valued national pride and could not take any threat or insult unless it were to be soothed with war.
ReplyDeleteBritain’s Imperialism across the world places it as a great world power, despite its original land area being so small. Their navy and militaristic pride of it incensed other countries to attempt to rival and defeat it, bringing Britain into war. Also, their nationalistic views, the idea that “the sun never sets in the British Empire,” their scorn of ‘going native’ and extreme pride in the British nation and culture pride led them to war. France’s alliance with Britain also led to World War One, as France was at odds with several of the powers involved in the struggle.
While there were many ways in which the First World War could have been avoided, the values of militarism, imperialism, nationalism and the strong—and weak— ties of the alliances almost guaranteed a grand-scale war. Germany, Italy and Britain are prime examples of these values and their uses and how they led to war.
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Duffy, Michael. "The Causes of World War One." First World War.com. Michael Duffy, 22 Aug. 2009. Web. 21 Sept. 2013.
"Nationalism." Nationalism. Indiana University Northwest, n.d. Web. 21 Sept. 2013.
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September 21, 2013
WW1 and M.A.I.N.
World War One was one of the wars that had many causes. There were many countries involved in the war, but only some had a very big impact. The main causes of WW1 were: Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism. Below I am going to explain how Germany, Britain, and France used these four causes in the war.
Germany was involved with the Imperialism in Africa. In Africa, they traded manufactured goods for gold, ivory, and palm oil. Belgium established the Congo Free State and eventually seized the Belgian Congo. This event set off the scramble for Africa, in which Germany competed with Belgium for land in Africa. A dual alliance between Germany and Austria-Hungary was made to protect themselves from Russia. Later then, a triple alliance was made with Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy in order to stop Italy from taking sides with Russia. Germany was said to be the country with the strongest militaristic culture. The defense spending for Germany increased by a massive 73 percent. Germany added 170,000 full-time soldiers to it’s army in 1913-1914, constructed 17 new vessels, and had 29 operational U-boats. Last but not least, Germany wanted to preserve her leadership in Europe by forming a series of peaceful alliances with other powers. After 1890, Germany became more aggressive and wanted to build up her influence in every part of the world. Due to German ambitions extension to many parts of the globe, Germany came into serious conflicts with all other major powers of Europe from 1890 to 1914.
France was involved with the Imperialism in India. When the Mughal Empire significally weakened, the French established trading cities along the Indian coast during the 1800s. Unfortunately, the British East India Company had pushed them out by the early 1800s. Militarism caused Frances to increase her defense expenditure by 10 percent from 1910 to 1914. The Entente Cordiale was an agreement, but not a formal alliance, between France and Britain in 1904. The Triple Entente was made in 1907 between Russia, France, and Britain to counter the increasing threat from Germany. In 1914, the triple alliance made Britain, Russia, and France agreed not to sign for peace separately. France was the dominant power in Europe for centuries. In 1871, Germany defeated France. France’s greatest ambition was to recover Alsace and Lorraine, prevent another defeat by Germany, to recover her national prestige by acquiring overseas colonies and last but not least, to make diplomatic alliances with other significant powers in Europe.
Britain was involved with Imperialism in India. The British were still following government support for private companies that they used in colonizing North America during the 1900s. When the old Mughal Empire got defeated in the 1800s, British pushed for economic control over more and more areas. From 1910 to 1914, Militarism caused Britain to increase her defense expenditure by 13 percent. Britain used alliance in WW1 by forming the Triple Entente between her, Russia, and France to counter the increasing threat from Germany. In 1870, Britain was the most industrially advanced country in Europe. Britain possessed the largest overseas empire and also the largest navy in the world. Her main concern was to preserve her overseas empire as well as her overseas trade by maintaining a large navy. As Germany increased her naval strength, she threatened British naval supremacy and the British overseas interest. And so, Germany became Britain’s chief enemy after 1890.
In conclusion, these are also the examples of how Germany, France, and Britain used Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism in World War One.
Sources: http://www.historyhaven.com/APWH/unit%204/IMPERIALISM.htm ; http://alphahistory.com/worldwar1/militarism/ ; http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW1/causes.htm ; http://www.funfront.net/hist/wwi/national.htm
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ReplyDeleteOne country that used M.A.I.N was Britain. In 1906 the British introduced the ‘dreadnought’ which was an effective battleship between Germany and Britain. In 1907 Britain, Russia, and France made an alliance called the Triple Entente. The alliance was formed to counter the increasing threats from Germany. The British Empire had extended over five continents by the 1900’s. The more land the British had increased the rivalry between Germany and Britain. The delegates from Prussia, Russia, Austria, and Britain had made a decision on a new Europe that left Germany and Italy as divided states.
Austria-Hungary is also a country that’s had used M.A.I.N. On July 28th, 1914 Austria sent an ultimatum to Serbia and declared war. The Austrians also formed the polish legion which was led by Pilsudski. By 1916 the Austrian army had taken over Serbia and Montenegro, and they pushed the Russian away from Poland. Austria’s first alliance with Germany was in 1879 called the dual alliance to protect themselves from Germany. Then in 1882 Germany and Austria-Hungary made an alliance with Italy to prevent Italy from allying with Russia. Austria also took over Romania after some battles and had captured Bucharest by 1917.
The last country I chose is France because it had a big impact on WW1. The army of France had more than doubled between the years of 1870 and 1914. In 1904 France and Britain made an agreement called entente cordiale but it wasn’t a formal alliance. In 1914 Russia, Britain, and France agreed not to sign for separate peace. By the 1900s France had control of large areas of Africa. At the end of the Franco-Prussian war it left France angry because they had lost Alsace-Lorraine to Germany. France had become involved in ww1 because they were aliened with Russia. Germany’s main was to regain territory after being defeated by Germany.
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www.firstworldwar.com/features/minorpowers_ah.htm
www.historyonthenet.com/WW1/causes.htm
http://histclo.com/essay/war/ww1/cou/w1c-ah.html
Miladys Florentino
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Ms. Noce
In World War 1, many countries used Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, and Imperialism (M.A.I.N). The three nations I’ll be describing are France, Germany, and Britain. Each of these major topics were significant to the war and a connection towards why the war began.
Militarism means the actions of people who believe that a country should use military methods and forces to gain power to achieve its goal. In WW1, France used militarism to built a larger military to use it as protection from the Germans. Germany also wanted to defend themselves from France. Otto von Bismarck thought it would be best to keep France isolated and weak as well. Though, these two countries were building their army stronger just to go against each other. Britain didn’t stay behind, they were also building a larger navy. They had to respond to the other countries in WW1 by having a larger navy. On the other hand, these countries were all building militaries stronger to go against each other.
Alliances means a union between countries, a relationship in which countries agree to work together. Developed alliances prior to WW1 were the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliances. The Triple Entente involved Great Britain, France, and Russia. While the Triple Alliance involved Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. When World War 1 began the Triple Alliance became the central powers which excluded Italy. Even though the Central Powers didn’t include Italy. they thought it was best for them because it will allow them to grow. The Triple Entente became known as allied powers which consists of more than 10 countries which helped with the military and the financial situations.
Nationalism is a feeling that people have of being loyal to and proud of their country of their country often with the belief that is better and more important than other countries.Many countries were proud of their armies. Such as Germany after the Franco-Russian War. On the other hand, France was embarrassed by the Germans power. The tension between the nations led to militarism.
Imperialism means the effect that a powerful country or group of countries has in changing or influencing the way people live in other, poorer countries. During the war, many nations wanted to gain more land. Germany wanted control over Africa, where Britain and France already owned. Britain and France became stronger allies and kept Germany away from Africa, so they won’t be as much as of a threat.
In conclusion, many nations were apart of M.A.I.N during and before World War 1. As you can see, each nation wanted something regardless of the situation and they was willing to do anything and work with others to achieve their goals.
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Victor Harris
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Ms.Noce
In the first world war, this war was seized by five dominated powers. These powers were Britian, France, Prussia, Austria and Russia. The three I choosed to talk about is Germany, Britian and France and how they used M.A.I.N.(Milrtrism,Alliance,Imperlism and Nationlism.)
First Milrtrism, which means "army are given an high profile". The way Germany used this is by overseas, they used subrimes to attack who ever came there way. 1870-1914 this is what they used so they really were kings of the sea. But Britian was also the master of the seas and had the most powerful navy in this time. Britian and Germany were really in a "Arms Race" with eachother, whatever one did the other just had to do better and this made a good rival. For example Germany had subrimes so Britian made 29 royal ships. And let's not forget France even though there an ally with Britain, France also used trench warfare which was a mostly a better use on the ground. Just like Britian, France had a rival against Germany too.
Which brings me to Alliance,which is when to countries from alliance with one another. Germany had a Dual-Alliance with Austria, which was good because they spoke the same language so the feeling was natrual. Germany was the main power of Europe so Italy wanted to join in aslo, which made the Triple alliance. Italy wasn't really self powers but had the numbers. Italy helped them with 700,000 to 800,000 men, which was great for there army. Britian and France had a triple alliance and triple entente. The entente mea
nt that either countries didn't promise to help them in war. Even so Britain, France and Russia had a tough army and France helped out with 130,000 men.
Next we go to Imperilism, which means countries taking over land. Coming out France did a good job by taking a large portion of Africa. Everybody either wanted Africa or Asia because of the supplies and trade you can get. Same with Britian they owned 25% of Africa which was better for France and Britain so they can stock up for war. Germany became jealous because like I said everybody wanted Africa and Asia and the Germains couldn't get it because there rivial already grabed it. This really hurted Germany.
Last is Nationlism, which means strong support. This can fall into Imperlism also because to have a strong core, you needed the strong bases that can hold you up. Germany didn't have that, but Britain and France did. Reason because there core was strong haveing the best army and covering must of Africa, left Germany last of trying to build up.
This is how Germany, Britain and France used the M.A.I.N in the first war.
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9-22-2013
World War 1 Main Causes
There were many countries that were connected to and involved in World War 1 as well as causes that created the war. The main causes that were included in World War 1 were Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism. World War 1 occurred in the span of 4 years between 1914 and 1918. The countries that I will be discussing about are Britain, France, and Germany. I will also discuss how they each used Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism in WWI.
World War 1 ultimately began because of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (who was heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne) and his wife Sophie in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914. The first main cause other than the assassination is Militarism. Militarism is an increase in a country’s naval forces and military usually provided by the government. Germany used Militarism in WWI by using a very forceful and invasive military strategy that was known as Schlieffen Plan which named after it’s creator German Field Marshal Alfred Von Schlieffen. Germany also increased their their forces 170,000 men. France prolonged her period of military service from two to three years. The way Britain used militarism in WWI was by preparing their armed forces for home defence and European expedition. These three countries increased their arms and produced more modern weapons.
Another main cause of WWI was alliances. An alliance is an agreement that is made between two or more countries so they can help each other when help is needed. When these countries create alliances they are then known as allies. Alliances that were created beforehand by countries was also what caused WWI. Germany was involved in two alliances. Those two alliances were The Dual Alliance (1879) and The Triple Alliance (1882). The Dual Alliance was created between Germany and Austria-Hungary to protect themselves from Russia. The Triple Alliance was created between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy in order for Italy not to take sides with Russia. There were many alliances that involved Britain and France. They were Triple Entente (no separate peace)(1907,1914), Franco-Russo Alliance (1894), Anglo-Russian Entente (1907), and Entente Cordiale(1904).
The third main cause of WWI was imperialism. Imperialism is when a country takes over another country or new land by force and makes them subject to their rule. Germany invaded France and confronted Russia. France and Britain then confronted Germany because they were invading. Germany invaded France through neutral Belgium by crossing the border into Belgium even though they were in violation of the country’s neutrality.
The final cause of WWI was nationalism. Nationalism is being a strong supporter of the interests and rights of one’s country. Germany became the strongest military and economic power in Europe. Germany wanted to build their influence in every part of the world so she wanted to create alliances. When Germany did influence parts of the world this created conflicts against Germany with all major powers of Europe excluding Austria-Hungary from 1890 to 1914. France was also a dominant power in Europe aside from Germany. In 1871, France was defeated by Germany and were striped away from two provinces: Alsace and Lorraine. France from then on focused on retrieving Alsace and Lorraine back from Germany and creating alliances so that Germany wouldn’t defeat them again. Britain in 1870 was the most industrially advanced country in Europe. She had the largest overseas empire and the largest navy in the world. She had no interest in involving herself with the affairs of Europe and her only focus was to maintain her overseas trade and empire by keeping up a large navy.
Works Cited
http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW1/causes.htm#Militarism
http://www.funfront.net/hist/wwi/national.htm
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i
http://www.firstworldwar.com/origins/causes.htm
Dimas A. Amezquita
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Ms. Noce
September 22, 2013
World War 1 Main Causes Essay
World War 1 was a war between many countries that was occurred in 1914 and ended at 1918. There were many different ways that the war was started, for example the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand it made a huge conflict between Austria-Hungary and Serbia, after the conflict, many other countries mostly from Europe started to join in the whole situation. Mostly the war was started by Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism which also means M.A.I.N. in World War 1 there were many different countries that used M.A.I.N. throughout the war, but I’ll be explaining three of them, Italy, Great Britain, and Germany.
Italy wanted and desired to get a lot of land to grow their country larger. Italy was thinking that with a greater military power would able to help or aid them so they could have a possible success on their conquests for more land. Like Tunisia, it was originally marked for them against France who captured it before Italy had any other resources. They refined a culture, which made Italy disposed throughout the war. The two countries that Italy allied with were Austria-Hungary and Germany. After Italy allied with those countries, Italy wanted to split away from them so they could help France against their former allies. Italy thought the alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary will give them at huge access to many resources and have more land, but it didn't work out and it got Italy closer to a war. Italy’s desire of wanting more land and wanting to have more power in Europe made them want to go to war. Italy was like Germany; both had so much national pride and didn't take any threat or insult from any other countries. Mostly Italy was not intimidated by any other country during World War 1.
The next country is Great Britain. Britain was not in a good start during World War 1, because they were separated from Europe by the English Channel North Sea. On the 1890’s, Germany was gaining a lot of power of becoming a strong country in Europe. Britain really did not want to get powered and intimated by Germany’s power, which made Britain to increase and strengthen their Navy Force by creating many battleships during the war that was called the Dreadnoughts. Britain wanted to be better than Germany with Britain having eighteen Dreadnoughts and while Germany having nine. First Britain didn't have any allies and had a disadvantage with Germany having a powerful alliance and a strong military, but in 1904 the treaty of the Anglo-French Entente made differences aside with France, so Britain and France were alliances. There were a lot of heated tensions between many other countries in Europe during the war, but Britain only focused on being able to rule large overseas empires for themselves. Britain used imperialism on 1858 when Britain had imposed rule over India and in 1882, Egypt was occupied by Britain. This made Britain to protect its Indian interests during the war and was becoming an industrialized country. On 1900, Britain was able to increase their empire with having five new continents.
Last country is Germany; they joined the dual alliance with Austria-Hungary and Italy. This alliance promised each other with a lot of support on any attacks that Russia will make. This alliance gave them confidence on their military and chances of fighting Russia and France throughout the war, because Russia and France were the biggest threats that Germany and its allies that they both have ever had during the war. Germany’s military was the strongest around Europe in that time. The only thing that Germany’s military wanted to prove around the world that they were the strongest country and that other militaries should be concerned about them attacking. Germany was influenced on getting more land, they only achieved a small piece of the empire in East and Southwest Africa, but Germany was able to get colonies in the pacific Southwest. Germany was drawing into nationalism, as they wanted to increase and strengthen their value, and wanted to separate themselves from many other countries in Europe and wanted to have all of the power from other countries.
ReplyDeleteThese were some of the countries from Europe that were in World War 1 and had used Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism (M.A.I.N.) in different ways throughout the war, so they could be able to achieve their goal on getting more land or being a powerful nation regardless of the situation.
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http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/648646/World-War-I
http://www.firstworldwar.com/origins/causes.htm
http://www.funfront.net/hist/wwi/index.htm
http://www.authentichistory.com/1914-1920/1-overview/1-origins/index.html
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i
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IB History
September 22, 2013
WW1 and M.A.I.N.
World War one was a war that occurred on the continent of Europe between July 18 1914 and November 11 1918. Nations from all over the world were involved in this conflict but the countries that dominated the war were: Britain, France, Germany and Austria-Hungary. World War One was a huge cause for a massive amount of deaths with over 8 million. The immediate cause for this remarkable event was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian terrorist. Then it came the four main causes which were Militarism, Alliance, Imperialism and Nationalism (M.A.I.N.) between nations.
France had been the dominating power in Europe for years. Napoleon I and Napoleon III tried to dominate Europe in 1871 but Germany defeated them causing France to lose two provinces (Alsace and Lorraine) France’s biggest goal was to recover the two lost province from German but at the same time they refused to lose another battle again so France focused on acquiring overseas colonies like Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, areas of West Africa and India, small colonies in South America, islands in the Pacific and Caribbean. France had an Alliance with Serbia. When France and Russia were allied it was called the “Franco-Russian Alliance) these alliances were formed before WW1. France wanted support against German and Russia against Austria-Hungary. The alliance was formed through an exchange of letters. In 1914 the French Army had over 40 different divisions (770,000 French and 46,000 Colonial troops) the French feared the German’s military with over 2.5 million soldiers. At the “Western Front” (where France and German had battled) majority of the French army were artillery man, they started to increase the use of machine gun, armored cars and tanks which reduced the number in the infantry. Also the French Air Force had an impact in the war. In June 15 there were 1.5 million in the French infantry but that number dropped to 850,000 by 1918. By the end of the war, a total of over 8 million men had been called to fight in the French army. There were 4.2 million casualties including 1.3 million dead.
The date 1871 was when German became united. German was considered to have the strongest economy and military power in Europe. German wanted to build up influence all over the world by making alliances with other major powers also causing many conflicts with nations except Austria-Hungary. In WW1 German was allied with Austria-Hungary and Italy. This was called the “Triple Alliance”. This alliance was formed In May 1882 and renewed until the beginning of WW1, but before Germany and Austria-Hungary were allied without Italy, Italy were against the French and the treaty that was created said that German and Austria-Hungary were to help Italy. As the alliance was renewed couple of times Italy entered the war opposing Germany and Austria Hungary. In 1914 German was considered to have the most powerful and efficient Military in the world. German army consisted of having high quality trained troops and a large numbers of senior officers. Kaiser Wilhelm II was the official commander in chief during the WW1. In 1914 the German army was compose d of 25 corps (700,000 men) during the war their military expanded. At the “Western Front” there were 2.85 million soldiers serving on that location with another 1.7 million on the “Eastern Front”. As the war came to an end in November 1918, German had an estimated amount of 5 million casualties including 1.75 million deaths. German military were demanded to be increased to 100,000 soldiers because of the “Treaty of Versailles
In 1870 Britain was the most industrially advanced country in Europe; Britain also had the lasted navy in the world and the largest over Sea Empire which were parts of north Africa, islands in the Pacific and Caribbean and concessions in China. In WW1 Britain were allied with Russia and France, this was called the “Triple Entente”. This alliance was formed to primarily to counter balance the triple alliance (Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy). The triple entente was initiated by France because they were aggravated with loss of Franco-Prussian war of 1870-1871. In 1914, Britain had over 245,000 regular troops; about 120,000 were from the “British Expeditionary Army”. Lord Kitchener was the war minister for the Britain in WW1, he started recruiting volunteers for the regular troops and there were an average of 33,000 men joining daily. In 1916 over 2.6 million men volunteered to fight for Britain. The British army had had 1.6 million wounded during WW1 and around 662,000 men were killed with another 140,000 missing later on presumed dead.
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WW1 and M.A.I.N.
In this essay I would be discussing the three countries from World War 1. The three countries i chose were Germany, France, and Austria-Hungary. In World War 1 many countries used Militarism , Alliances, Nationalism, and Imperialism. Each of these topics uses where a connection to how the war began.
A dual alliance was made between Germany and Austria-Hungary to protect themselves from Russia. It was secret treaty each state was to help the other against an attack by any state other than russia. The reason for that was because the dual alliance promised each other support in case an attack from Russia in the case of aggression.And it was good because they both spoke the same language.But Germany was the main power of Europe so Italy wanted to join and thats what made the triple alliance.
Imperialism was used by France. That was because france had control of large areas of Africa. The amount of land owned by France increased the rivalry with Germany . People wanted to have part of Africa or Asia because of their supplies and trades.But by all means Germany was upset and hurt because they have seen that everybody had Africa and they didn’t so when they tried to be part of it they couldn’t because rival grabbed it.
Militarism was used by France and Germany. They both had more than double armies between 1870 and 1914. Germany wanted a great navy. But also the navy expansion was extremely competitive and that was between German and Great Britain. Great Britain wanted to be higher than German so they had to step up their naval production including their dread thoughts
Nationalism was used by German and Italy. Those two countries were left as divided states but the strong nationalist and revolution lead to Italy in 1861 and in Germany in 1871. And it was also used in France of Franco-prussian war of 1870-71. France was left seeing over loss
Alsace-Lorraine to Germany.
In conclusion, In World War 1 these three countries were part of World War 1 because of Militarism, Imperialism, Nationalism , Alliances.
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http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW1/causes.htm#Alliances
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ReplyDeleteThe First World War was a major global conflict during 1914-1918. It was caused by four main causes: Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism. Militarism refers to a culture that favors war and conflict by many ways, such as the country’s media. The Alliance system was created by Bismarck to maintain balance in Europe and most importantly, his united Germany. Imperialism is the expansion of a country’s reach, power, and military by colonizing lands across the world and investing in them to increase the “base” country’s power. Nationalism is a country’s belief of each citizen being proud of his or her country, identify him/herself with the country they come from, serve the country in times of peace and war, and (to an extent) that their country is superior to neighbors. These factors are known as M.A.I.N. for short.
In this essay I will explain how Germany, Serbia, and Britain used the above concepts/strategies that finally led to World War I.
GERMANY:
Germany was the responsible for the creation of the Alliance System, via Bismarck. After uniting Germany by going to war with France, defeating them, and taking Alsace Lorraine from them, Bismarck wanted to preserve his new united nation and deter other to-be enemies from attacking them. Germany was a Militaristic nation, having crushed France, and becoming the War Machine of Europe. German citizens’ duties included short term obligatory conscription and reserve obligations; war generals and veterans were considered heroes. Germany began an Arms Race to get above Britain in War Power, and to prove themselves to the rest of Europe. Britain described them as “militaristic brutes” in their campaigns.
SERBIA:
Serbia, a rather obscure nation in texts that talk about World War 1, was considered the one who “shot the first round” in World War 1, when the Serb Secret Society known as The Black Hand assassinated Archduke Franz-Ferdinand in Sarajevo, Austria. Serbia had a very strong sense of Nationalism, being proud of their Slav heritage and fervently supporting taking back the territory their Slav ancestors had once had. The Black Hand was a nationalistic society; their goal was to reunite all South Slavic population into a great Serbia by any means necessary. The Black Hand was a radical group and was not affiliated to the Serbian Government, even though both had the same aspirations of reuniting Serbia. The motive to assassinate Archduke Franz-Ferdinand was to show Austria that Serbia still wanted freedom and they were going to take any routes to get it.
BRITAIN:
The greatest power in Europe at the time, Britain had the World’s largest and most powerful naval fleet and many colonies around the world. Britain was a highly Imperialistic nation, taking territories in foreign lands and developing their own economy in those places. Britain had control of India, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Hong Kong, Gibraltar, and planning to acquire more; Britain was a great Empire. They used these colonies to boost their own economy, get materials for their factories, acquire more manpower for their militia, exploit resources, and establish themselves as the greatest empire of the time. Industry bloomed in Britain with all the colonies they acquired. This power also lead some nations to become interested in taking the colonies Britain had, and the people of the colonies to desire gaining independence from Britain.
I have used a nation for each of the M.A.I.N. factors, according to their characteristics during the pre-war times. Germany for militarism and alliances, Serbia for nationalism, and Britain for Imperialism. In short, Germany was a warring, highly militaristic power in Europe and responsible for the Alliance System that eventually lead to World War 1. Serbia was a small nationalist country who dreamed of an united Serbia. And Britain was the Greatest Empire at its time, controlling lands around the world and even entire continents (Australia).
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september 22, 2013
During world war one there were many countries fighting this war. but the 3 most important countries to me were russia, france, and germany. their were four elements that caused world war 1 i will be talking about how these countries used them. they are militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism.
Russia uses theses four element throughout world war 1. russia used militarism because germany army was huge and all the other countries had small armies. the increase of the military would take control of the civilian government. russia had an alliance called the triple entente. the triple entente was agreed by the russians, the french, and the british. this alliance was formed so that any of the central powers attacked them they would have support. imperialism was a great thing in russia in 1866 they stretched from eastern europe across asia and into north america. russia uses nationalism as identifying their country as mother russia mother is to show that their country is better than anyone else.
France uses militarism because france had a nuclear powers and they also joined armies with the europeans. the french had a alliance called the franco-russian alliance which would combine the military of the french third republic and the russian empire. the french liked to acquire colonial empires overseas they covered about 12,300,000km of land. the french did this so they can trade and spread the french civilization and language. the french uses nationalism because it showed that the french was a country with cultural unity.
militarism was a common thing in germany. germany maintains huge standing armies for purpose of aggression. germany had a alliance with austria-hungary which was part of a treaty that bismark made. this alliance is known as the dual alliance. the germans took control of colonies overseas. but during world war 1 their colonies were confiscated. nationalism was very aggressive, they wanted to preserve germanys hegemony in europe by forming a series of peaceful alliances. but germany also wanted to build its influence around the world.
in conclusion in world war 1 each of these countries used these four elements militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism.
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ReplyDeleteIn conclusion, World War I known as the Great War started in 1914 ended in 1918. Countries used the M.A.I.N, which stands for Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism. Each of the causes had great effect over the countries.
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A country that had a huge influence in WW1 was Germany, they were becoming the worlds Super Power which had Great Britain concerned (who later came out of Isolation to try and stop the Germans and hopefully end the war). The Moroccan crises (Anglo-french Entente which caused Britain and French less likely to go to battle in case of an European War) had stirred up a even worse relationship between Germany and France. The Germans had a plan that increased more and more tension between the the power, their plan was to build a railway from Berlin to Baghdad opening up more German influence in Turkey and the Middle East. Germany had a dual alliance with Austria Hungary but by the terms of the secret treaty claiming that each state was suppose to help from an attack by any state except for Russia. The reason behind that was because “Bismarck did not wish for Germans to become entangled in a war Russia in support of Austrian ambitions in the Balkans.”. The Germans also formed an alliance with Austria-Hungary because there was German influence there and they wanted to expand their Persian Empire all throughout the Middle East. War was popular in Germany, the Germans planned for a German domination in Europe after a German victory. Writers reported that war was a panacea (a cure) for social ills, so people that were under German influence supported the Germans in war. The Germans had planned to take France out if there was to be a war and they must be defeated in six weeks before trying to take out the Russians. Once the Russians began to mobilise, the six weeks started ticking away. There are many reasons to why Germany welcomed the war. One of those reasons were to destroy the rising power of Russia while there was a chance before it was too late, and another reason was to solve Austrian nationalities problems.
ReplyDeleteFrance was another country involved in WW1 except they were on the Allies side. The French were afraid to fight another war with the Germans who they had a natural ally against. That was because when Bismarck closed off the money markets to Russian loans for fear they might start having interest in the Balkans then thats when French replaced the Germans and started giving loans to the Russians. Both French and Russians made an agreement to consult together on actions for Threats to Peace. A Dual Entente was agreed on by the end of 1893 since Russians didn’t want to assist the French in war against Germany to recover Alsace-Lorraine and the French didn’t like the Russian autocracy and did not want to be involved in the war between Russians and the Austria Hungary because of the Russians ambitions towards the Balkans. The French fought on the same side as Britain even though they had remaining conflicts of interest in Africa.The French pretty much welcomed the war so they could reverse the dishonour of 1871 and take back Alsace-Lorraine.
Russia had alliances with France and Serbia in WW1. France had confirmed to Russia that they were standing by their alliance commitments when Austria planned to mobilize and attack on Serbia thinking that the Russians weren’t going to do anything considering the fact that their military forms were not complete. Russians had fought on the same side of the war with Britain considering the fact that they had conflicts between the two in Asia. The Russians had a long term economic rivalry between Germany. The Germans started to believe both USA and Russia were becoming a threat to economic German supremacy. The Russians openly welcomed the war so they can get another shot at the Balkans, so in general this war was “universally welcomed”. The Russian expansion was stopped once they suffered a loss to the Japanese which relieved the British of them stressing over Russian forces in that area. The Balkan crisis had made the Russians more fearful of war with the Triple Alliance but what really threatened both the Russians and the British interest towards the Middle East was when Sultan of Turkey had agreed to a German plan of building a railway from Berlin to Baghdad which would give the company mining rights in the areas it passed through.
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WWI stands for World War 1. This war started in 1914 to 1918. There were many causes to World War 1, just to sum it up in 4 words the causes were: alliances, militarism, nationalism, and imperialism.an other words M.I.A.N. An alliance is a different people come together to form a union and they protect each other if something bad happens. Militarism is military or army forces are extremely good in their country. Nationalism is a political view that your country is the best country. Imperialism is to rule over another country by force.
ReplyDeleteA country that I choose to write about is France. The way France used Militarism was by France’s military doubled up their soldiers between 1870 and 1914. In other words they decided to strengthen their military forces. France had increased their defense by 10%. The way France used alliances was by they was in an alliance with Russia. They got in an alliance with Russia because when France got in a fight with Germany, Germany kicked their butts. Russia needs an alliance in order to fight with Germany and win. But Russia’s military wasn’t that good, so later on they got in alliance with Russia and great Britain- the Triple Entente. Great Britain had an awesome military. So France thought it was a good idea to get in an alliance with them. The way France used imperialism was by they took back French territory that was taken in the earlier Franco-Prussian war; Alsace and Lorraine. The way France used nationalism was by setting up goals for themselves. Some of their goals were to never let any other country take over their territory. Another goal is to never let Germany defeat them.
Another country I choose to write about is Germany. The way Germany used nationalism was by also making goals for themselves. Some of the goals were to keep a lot of alliances with other powers. Other goal Germany had was to “build up his influence in every part of the world.” The way Germany used alliance was by building an alliance with Austria-Hungary in 1879. It was called the Dual Alliance. They made this alliance to protect themselves from Russia. In 1882 Germany had an alliance with Austria-Hungary and Italy; it was called the Triple Alliance. They made this alliance to stop Italy from taking sides with Russia. The way Germany used militarism was by since they already had a good military, they just kept strengthening their military. The way Germany use imperialism was by taking over Solomon, Marshall, and Caroline Islands.
The last country that I choose to write about is Austria-Hungary. The way Austria-Hungary used alliance was by in 1881 Austria-Hungary got in an alliance with Serbia it was called Austro-Serbian Alliance. They got in this alliance because Austria-Hungary didn’t want Russia to take control over Serbia. In 1882 Austria-Hungary got in an alliance with Germany and Italy to stop Italy from picking sides with Russia. This alliance was called the Triple Alliance. The way Austria-Hungary used militarism was by getting the little islands and trying to build up their army. The way Austria-Hungary used nationalism was by Austrians believed in a dual Monarchy. This was when two separate kingdoms come together and share the same monarch. The way Austria-Hungary used imperialism was by ultimatum to Serbia. A Serbian nationalist, Gavrilo Princip, killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand who was going to be Austria-Hungary’s the heir of the throne. Austria-Hungary decided to take over Serbian.
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9/23/13
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(M.A.I.N) in World War 1
World War 1 was a historical iconic war, that inaugurated on June 28, 1914 and ended in 1918. There was many countries that were involved in the war. Some were the Unite States, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Serbia, Germany, Russia, and France. they all had use the strategies of Militarism, which is maintaining a large military establishment. alliances, which is forming an agreement with other countries. imperialism which is , expanding, a country's power and influences through diplomacy or military force. Nationalism which is a desire that people portray of being proud of their country. (M.A.I.N .Below are three of the countries listed and their use of (M.A.I.N).
By the end of the eighteenth France was the most powerful country in Europe. Other states couldn't compare to her. France had a growing military force. It had more than doubled during 1870 and 1914.A proportion of her people was included in her military force. France at the begin of the war first allied herself with Russia and Great Britain, who were at war with Germany. During this was as on August 3rd Germany invaded neutral Belgium with really ticked France off. france wanted Alsace-Lorraine which was formerly a French territory, that was taken from France during the Prussian war. France also wanted Morocco and Tunisia, in 1881 she invaded them. they became part of the French empire in 1912. French nationalism is base of the ideas of the French Revolution of liberty, equality and fraternity.
During WW1 Germany had the most powerful army i the world. she had increase by 73%. Her forces increased by 170,000 men. Germany's ruling group found out the way to become world power was to Military preparations “this increased cooperation among the military staffs of the countries of the same camp.” Germany was involved in two alliances , the Dual Alliance and the Triple Alliance. Germany had created the alliances Austria-Hungary , because she saw that Austria would be an easy target to conquer and to protect herself from Russia. She also viewed “ Russia’s mobilisation as an act of war and also against Austria-Hungary”. The Triple Alliance was created between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy in order for Italy not to take sides with Russia. Prime Minister and also Minister Prussia, Bismarck collected and archived Germany’s empire by the collection of smaller German state which were lead by Austria’s influence. Bismarck oust Austria out of its influence among the German states.
Before Germany was all mighty and powerful Great Britain wa given that title. But due to her isolation Germany became her rival on who is the most great and powerful nation. Great Britain increased her Naval Force by creating more battleships,which were called Dreadnought. In 1902 Britain agreed to a military alliance with Japan, which was to met to limit Germany’s colonial gains in the east. Years later Britain signed an alliance with France called the Anglo-French Entente. Than Russia came into the picture making it The Triple Entente. in 1870 Britain became the most industrially advanced country overseas in Europe. Britain imperialized on India, Egypt, Africa, Hong Kong, and many other countries. Due to Britain's imperial power, she had no problem with nationalism,because she had strong supporters from her industrializing countries.
This had been my input on ( M.A.I.N) in three countries during WW1.
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The first World war was the war between about 40 countries all over the world. It lasted from1914 until 1918.
ReplyDeleteThe primer cause of the first world war was the assasination of the archduke Franz Ferdinand, the archduke of Austria-Hungary. A student, and nationalist, wanted Bosnia to be independent from Austria-hungary. This caused a big conflict with Serbia and let to a war between serbia and the Austria-Hungary empire. Because of alliance commitments with Austria-Hungary, Germany was invaulted in this conflict. The German militarism was very strong because the german military threatened the British. That caused an arm race.
World War One changed how countries worked and make descisions. A standing army altered the way a country would make descisions and policies which was different from what the countries used to do. This changed the way the countires of europe interacted ecconomically and thus how they fought.This subtle change in the countries brought tension between the countries that changed and didn't want to change. Tthis tension would then lead to World War One.
Thetente was a alliance wich mends in case of war if one countrie declares war, the other had to support and follow this county, so when Germany attacked France, great britain had to follow and defend France.becausein the entente alliance were the following countries: Great Britian, France Russia.
Because of the colonies the countries had in other countires, a lot of countires were involved that had nothing to do with the actual situation in Europe.So came Africa for example in the world war 1 because Germany, France and Italy had a lot of colonies there or in Asia.
Also wanted to introduce and spread their culture in other countries and make so propaganda.
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Ms.Noce
WWI M.A.I.N
From 1814 to 1918 World war one was a huge event. We know that not the whole world participated in this war because some thought it wasn’t their issue to intervene or to fight but some, like the United States; went in. I am not focusing so much on the United States but let’s look at three countries that have amazing stories about being in WWI. France wanted to maintain a strong sense of Militarism. Keeping a strong army was essential to the French because this is what really was going to keep the country safe. France was one of the Triple Entente powers allied against the Central powers. This alliance worked out amazing with France because I believe that there is power in unity so France already having a firm and strong army, adding more allies made a great advantage of winning the war. With this alliance things could have turned out for them because when Germany tend to ally itself with other Euro-Centric countries but with Italy; for example, tend to fail at the end. Imperialism didn’t have such a big role in France because the allies goal was to take down the Central powers, putting force by military ways wasn’t near France’s thoughts. Instead of using the military for Imperialistic ways, they combined it with the other allies and formed a bigger and stronger army. Nationalism also did not play a huge part in France morals because being nationalistic is being ALL about your country and doing anything for your country. Yes, the soldiers gave their lives in battle but they shared their “liberal” believes on how to fight together.
Italy was a country who was in between sides, the allies and the Central powers. Doing this, the central powers lost Italy in such a sneaky way. In 1915, Italy had signed a secret treaty called Treaty of London. According to this treaty, Great Britain offered Italy huge sections of the territory near the Adriatic Sea like (Tyrol, Dalmatia and Istria). This treaty was made so that Italy wouldn’t refuse to such a great offer, even I being leader of Italy wouldn’t refuse. The allied countries France and Great Britain’s purpose was to have Italy on their side so that there could be a country on the look in the western front. Having Italy by their side would weaken then Western front so the Central powers were weakened which was a logical plan. Italy wasn’t one of the top militaristic countries but they did have the power to defend the western front from the Central Powers there. Coming together with the Alliances made Italy more powerful because they had a very large army from France that would back them up along with Britain. When Italy was being convinced by the Central Power countries, imperialism was a citizens fear but once the Allied countries made treaty with Italy things gave a whole 360* turn. Italy was a very nationalistic country because they believed that they’re country would surpass anything with strict rules. Dictatorship wasn’t a problem that came up but they did not wish to have any contribution with any country till the Allied vs. the Central Powers came up.
Central Power country like Germany was the county that was most involved in the war, but there is little evidence (till this day) about Germany’s tactics and what they had planned for the war. Militarism was a huge part in Germany because besides France who was part of the Allied countries, Germany also had a big army which is why it’s more recognized in WWI. Having this gave them the advantage of pushing through the Western and Eastern Fronts but little is still known. What is known is that they were not alone. Germany was part of the Central powers composed of (of course) Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey/Ottoman Empire. These countries also formed an Alliance that seemed impenetrable but wanting to add more countries weakened them little by little. Imperialism was huge part of Germany because having their own central army force, like France, they wanted to share it but keep it neutral that all the power belonged to them. Germany was a huge nationalistic country because they believed that anything could be possible if they can do it on their own. They were growing in military force, agriculture, technical functions, weaponry and more. This was based on a Euro-central point of view focusing on allies from Europe (France, Great Britain among others) and Central Powers like (Germany, Austria-Hungary among others) Knowing that this war was huge, a big impact to the whole world.
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Ms.Noce
World War 1 occurred in 1914 until 1918. Many people claim that the immediate cause for the war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand because it caused many conflicts between Austria-Hungary and Serbia, and later on it became a world conflict. I also believe that was the immediate cause, but we can all agree that the main causes for the war were militarism, nationalism, imperialism and alliances. In this essay, I will focus on Germany, Russia and France and explain how these countries used those four terms in the war.
One of the countries that was impacted by M.A.I.N. during WW1 is Germany. Germany was a part of the Dual Alliance along with Austria-Hungary. The Dual Alliance promised each other support in case of an attack by Russia and neutrality in case of aggression by any other power. Otto Von Bismarck, founder and first chancellor (1871-90) of the German Empire, saw the alliances as a way to prevent isolation. The militaristic culture was strongest in Germany. The German army’s machine guns increased from 1,600 in peacetime to over 8,000 during the war. Germany arrived late to the imperialism game therefore, only achieved a limited empire in East and Southwest Africa. Still, Germany successfully established colonies in the Pacific Southwest. Germany wanted to build up her influence in every part of the world and because Germany’s ambitious were extended world-wide, she came into serious conflicts with all other major powers of Europe except Austria-Hungary.
Russia was another country that was impacted by M.A.I.N during WW1. Russia was the largest country in Europe. Russia was very ambitious and wanted to expand in all directions. Russia completed the Trans-Siberian Railroad and established herself as a major Pacific Power. Russia was part of the Triple Entente along with Britain and France. Russia increased her stocks of arms and produced more modern weapons of war. Russia’s navy incensed other countries interest to attempt to defeat it, which brought Russia into war.
The last country I will talk about that was impacted by M.A.I.N during WW1 is France. France was part of the Triple Entente along with Russia and Britain. France has been the dominant power in Europe for centuries. France wanted to prevent another defeat by Germany and to make diplomatic alliances with other important powers in Europe. The French added to its neighboring Laos and a small silver of China. France lengthened her period of military service from two to three years and its army doubled between 1870 and 1914. Because other countries had a large navy, France wanted a large and powerful navy, which brought France into the war.
In conclusion, France, Germany and Russia were a part of WW1 and they each used militarism, alliances, imperialism and nationalism during the war.
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Ms. Noce
M.A.I.N in World War 1
World War I was happened in 1914 to 1918 and is a big war that affects the whole world during that time period. According to my knowledge of World War 1, I thought it was only cause by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As go deeply in research, it was caused by four reasons; militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism. Militarism is the principle /policy to maintain a large military establishment. Alliance is an agreement or treaty between two nations to cooperate on specific purposes. Imperialism is policies that extend the authority of an empire/nation over foreign countries, or acquired for holding colonies and their dependencies. Nationalism is the policy or doctrine that interest of one’s own nation viewed as separate from the interests of other nations or the common intersects toward a nation. The M.A.I.N had a great effect in World War I.
During World War 1, people were angry to put up large amounts of money to support their government's vast military. Great Britain always had a large navy and on the other side Germany decided it form a navy to rival Britain's. When the people of Britain saw the buildup of Germany's navy, they got scared and a way to protected them was to start produce more and bigger ships for their own navy. Every time Britain got a "leg up" on Germany, Germany struggled to beat Britain or not. Soon, the public was shouting for war. Militarism is form on imperialism and the fear that another nation is getting ahead of them.
The Alliance System was one of the causes of the war. After Germany took Alsace-Lorraine, Bismarck wanted to make sure that France had not enough allies to take back the territory in a war. So Bismarck started to form an alliance with Austria-Hungry and Italy. France saw this as a threat, and started to make alliances on its own. First, France turned to Russia then to Britain for creating the Triple Entente. Now with forces in place on either side, nerves were wearing.
In Europe, imperialism occurred to have a high industrialization because of the mass production benefits via industrialization in European countries. During that time, Germany and Britain is two of the most powerful countries in European, they tried to establish control in Asia and Africa. And these two countries are not strong enough to argue back. Rebellions had occurred to the native people and interferences by each other and other countries, they were not entirely successful. These differ of cooperation in the attempt to govern and control weaker states between European countries. So as they use their products for trade caused tension, and troubles happened had built up then lead to war.
Nationalism is not only the cause of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. It also goes with Britain and Germany, because Germany was beating Britain for its size of its naval forces. Britain continued to expand is because wanted to have the strongest and largest naval forces. Not only that, also they want to have a country to relied on (Britain is an island) when the war was broke out. And stronger army let them still had a little power to seek for alliances with other countries. This had provoked Germany. And alliances expansion had gone greatly between both Germany and Britain in war.
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M.A.I.N
ReplyDeleteThe first World war was the war between about 40 countries all over the world. It lasted from1914 until 1918. 3 of the counties that were invoved in Word War One were Germany, France and Russia. All of that counties used Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism and Nationalism. (also called M.A.I.N)
Russia's army (Militarism) unfortunately was not very good. They had not as much arms as the other countries ( for emaple Germany) and their arms wehrent as good as from others but they where in the tripple Entente, which means that Russia had an Alliance with the Bitish empire and France. Russia also was aggressive towards the Balkans. They wanted not just Russia, but the Balkans be a Part of them. They where the biggest country in Europe and wanted to be bigger and to be more powerful. Russia expanded to the far east and had colonies in Asia.
Howerver, Germany, had a lot of colonies in Africa until the End of World War One. In that time, the policy of Germany was called 'Weltpolitik'and they where in the central powers, so they had Alliances with Austria-Hungary and Italy. Germany tried to have a 'Place in the sun'.
They had a much better army than for example Russia. Germany and Great-Britain wanted to have the most poweful army in the world and that lead to arm races between both countires.
On the other hand, Frace had a small army but the largest navy in the world at that time. They also had a lot of colonies in Angola and Africa. France claimed the entire north of Africa. They had been a really dominant power in Europe and had Alliances with Russia and the British Empire. (Triple Entente).
All of the three countries had an important role during the first World war. And all of them used M.A.I.N.