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What Caused World War 1

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There were many underlying causes of World War one. Besides the rising tensions all around the main cause was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.
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World War One is known as being cause by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. This event occurred on June 28, 1914 and while it is not the main cause, it's certainly what sparked the "let's go to war" reaction.
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It can be summed up in three causes. Greed, ignorance and apathy are those three causes. Many others are written but those are the bottom line.
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World War I started in 1914 due to the Germany's expansion for an empire. However, other countries around the world join Germany but some others also tried to stop it. in 1918, Germany lost the world war and thus the US and its allies won t...
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World war one was a culmination of the imperial powers in the world coming to a clash over control. There of course were other factors but these were the most prevalent.
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World War 1 began on July 28th, 1914 and ended with Allied victory on November 11th, 1918 with the Treaty of Versailles, which was signed on June 28th, 1919.
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Most of World War 1 was fought throughout Germany, South Africa, Somoa, and other countries throughout Europe. This was a nasty war as I guess war usually is. Hope this helps.
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40 different countries participated in World War I. Germany, Italy, Portugal, France, Great Britain and Belgium were the heavy hitters. United States participated but was not one of the major players.
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Ignorance, greed and power were three of the causes. Atlantic European Nations had grown greatly due to their location. Germany wanted some of that.
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World War I was caused by alliances, nationalism, militarism, and imperialism. The nations of Europe sought to increase their wealth and power by expanding their reach to foreign shores, and sought to protect these possessions and riches by...
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Hitler invaded Poland and that was the beginning of the second world war. There was a treaty imposed after the first war but naturally Hitler ignored it.
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The immediate cause of World War II was, in Europe, Hitler's invasion of Poland in 1939. In Asia, the war began in 1937 as the Japanese seized control of southern Korea, and made moves in Manchuria and China, in 1937.
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The first world war was caused by a series of events that took place between Austria-Hungary and Sibera. First Austria-Hungary annexed a portion of the country from the land. Then the Siberian nationalist leader staged an assasination of Ar...
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There were many causes to the conflict that is known as world war 2. One cause was the amount of blatant aggression going on around the world.
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Wold war one was caused by a series of events that took place within eastern and wester Europe. The major event that took palce that cased wold war one was the assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Siberian natinalist leader who wan...
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Hitler was the main cause of World War 2. He wanted to dominate the world and when the democracies failed to stop the fascist powers. Treaties were broken and war broke out.
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A land locked Germany's need to express its colonial existence. This is the number one factor. As with all wars it was economics and power
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They will tell you all manner of reasons but the truth is economics and power. Germany wanted its share of colonial expansion. Truth!
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World War II was caused by the insane and most likely mentally disturbed leader of German, Adolf Hitler. His eradication of the Jews and concentration camps compelled the US to go to war with them.
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In 1918, the Germans were feeling the effects of the British naval blockade of German ports. Thousands were starving and protesting which resulted in the resignation of German commander Erich Ludendorff. On November 9th 1918, Kaiser Wilhelm...
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