Causes And Effects Of World Wa

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To add to the disastrous pot, there was also imperial competition
along with the fear of war prompting military alliances and an arms
race. All of these increased the escalating tensions that lead to the
outbreak of a world war. (Mckay, pg. 904)
Two opposing alliances developed by the Bismarckian diplomacy
after the Franco- Prussian War was one of the major causes of the war.
In order to diplomatically isolate France, Bismarck formed the Three
Emperor’s League in 1872, which was an alliance between Germany,
Russia, and Austria-Hungary. Then in 1882 , Bismarck took advantage of
Italian resentment toward France and formed the Triple Alliance
between Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungry. In 1890 Bismarck was
dismissed from his office and France took the opportunity to gain an
ally, therefore , in 1891 the Franco- Russian Entente was formed. Then
in 1904 Britain and France put aside their conflicts and formed the
Entente ...

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caused the outbreak of the Great
War was what is known as the arms race. With the hostile divisions of
the nations of Europe there came the expansion of armies and navies.
Furthermore, the great powers came to copy Germany’s military
organization and efficiency, which called for universal registration
for military duty, large reserves and detailed planning. Efforts were
made for universal disarmament, but the " international rivalry caused
the arms race to continue to feed on itself. " (Karpilovsky, World
Wide Web)
Imperial competition also played a major rule in the act of
increasing the ever growing tensions among the divided countries of
...

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