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By 1914 the world had entered an arms race and greatly increased their armament, specifically the invention of new weapons such as Gatling guns, Chemical warfare, Radios, airplanes (used for recon, mostly), U Boats Germany and Britain greatly increased their Navy .
World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted
Alliances formed between nations, and promises were made that if one country within an alliance went to war, the others within that coalition would join the conflict as well. The two alliances that started it all were these:
The mass amounts of raw materials in countries in Africa and Asia made them highly desirable to countries in Europe so the promise of more territory influenced countries decision to join the war
Nationalism created a new source of tension in Europe and ties into militarism as well as continued to escalate WWI as each country tried to out compete each other. one example of Nationalism creating conflict was the desire for the Slavic people in Bosnia and Herzegovina to no longer be a part of Austria-Hungary and instead join Serbia
These were the instigating events that directly sparked the Great War or motivated more forces to join in.
Serbian nationalists sent terrorists to assassinate the Archduke to challenge Austria-Hungary's control over Bosnia.
July Crisis started after The assassination on June 29 and lasted until August 1st
In 1915 a German U-boat sunk a British luxury steam ship Killing 1,195 people,128 of which were American. This would immediately sour relations between the two countries and made it harder for America to remain neutral.
The Zimmerman telegram was a telegram sent from Germany to Mexico with the proposal that in the case that the United States declares war on Germany, Mexico would fight the United States with the promise of reclaiming land in Texas,New Mexico, and Arizona, which they lost during the Mexican-American War. Before the telegram was received The British intercepted it and exposed it to the Americans. This was considered the tipping point that led America to join the war. War was declared on Germany in April 4th, 1917.
Still don't understand how this massive conflict came to be? Here are a few of videos to help:
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