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Great War Dbq

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The Great War The Great War began in 1914 in the wake of the Industrial revolution and the pursuit of imperialism. The Great War, also known as World War I, started off as a war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia. This war was sparked by the assassination of the Archduke of Austria Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie in Bosnia by the Black Hand, a Serbian terrorist organization interested in freeing Bosnia and Serbia from Austria (Modern world history, “Who Should bear the blame?” 2). The Great War was the result of a lot of different factors that can be narrowed down to militarism, nationalism, alliances and imperialism. Though each of these reasons contributed to the Great War, alliances and imperialism were some of the main reasons for …show more content…

Because the countries are connected, large wars were inevitable. There were two main alliances in Europe, the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy) and the Triple Entente (Russia, France and Britain) (Modern world history, “The Alliances” 4). In source 4 (Modern world history, “Source 4” 4), the picture shows the military and naval strength of each country that took part in the war at the time. Germany had the largest army while England had the largest navy. Source 4 shows the scale at which the war had taken place; it also shows that the war was quite balanced between the two sides, which could result in a lot of casualties. Source 6 (Modern world history, “Source 6” 5) is a satirical comic that emphasizes on the changing alliances and how all the countries were so well connected through their alliances that if anything happened, all the countries would get caught up in it. Source 9 (Modern world history, “Source 9” 7) is a comic that shows the strength of the alliances and how a massive war is very easily obtainable. To conclude, Alliances were the main reasons behind the Great War because it connected certain countries in a way that involved them in every conflict. All major European countries had to step in to fight a war that started out as a conflict between Austria-Hungary and

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