Germany was to blame for causing World War One
The First World War broke out in August 1914 in Europe. Many different things led up to the world war. These included great amounts of tension between the great powers Germany, Russia and Britain. All the powers were in two separate alliances. The first being the Triple Entante this alliance included Britain, France and Russia. The second alliance was called the Triple Alliance this included Germany, Italy and Austria Hungary. The alliances were activated by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. This happened on Sunday 28th June 1914, not long before the First World War began. In this essay I intend to find out if Germany really was to blame for causing the war or if any other countries had any effect on the war breaking out.
Many people would blame Germany for the outbreak of the First World War. There are many reasons why Germany should be blamed. Germany had already thought out a war plan before war had become an issue. They had been arguing over colonies with other counties, Germany fought over North Africa with France and Britain stepped in to sort it out. Most European countries had over-sea colonies and Germany wanted more. There was no where left for Germany to capture so they decided to fight for other countries colonies. This caused much tension between countries. Germany had decided to attack France. They would not attack through the border; they decided to attack through Belgium. This was very wrong as Belgium had declared themselves neutral, meaning they would attack no one and no one was allowed to attack them. Germany figured that it would take six weeks to defeat France as this is how long it had taken them previously in 1970 (France still bared a grudge about this). As France was in an alliance with Russia, Germany knew Russia would come and help them. Russia is a very big country and did not have very good communication. Germany thought it would take Russia at least six weeks to get an army organized and by that time Germany should have captured France. This plan was called the Schlieffen plan. During the planning for the Schlieffen plan Germany had been building up her army and navy. By the time they attacked Belgium, Germany had a big enough army to fight a war. This scared the other countries as Germany was ready for war should it break out and the other countries were not. This caused the other countries such as Britain to build up their Navy and France to build up their army. France thought that Germany were going to attack so the put troops on the boarder between Franc and Germany but thins didn't help when Germany attacked through Belgium. Germanys plan was that after they had defeated France (through Belgium) in six weeks they would sent their troops to attack Russia. But Russia was quicker than they had expected so they had to move more of their troops to Russia. Invading Russia was a big step towards a World War as Russia was another great power. Everything Germany did especially using the Schlieffen plan caused the Word War. If they had not attacked Belgium in the first place the war might not have broken out like this.
The First World War broke out in August 1914 in Europe. Many different things led up to the world war. These included great amounts of tension between the great powers Germany, Russia and Britain. All the powers were in two separate alliances. The first being the Triple Entante this alliance included Britain, France and Russia. The second alliance was called the Triple Alliance this included Germany, Italy and Austria Hungary. The alliances were activated by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. This happened on Sunday 28th June 1914, not long before the First World War began. In this essay I intend to find out if Germany really was to blame for causing the war or if any other countries had any effect on the war breaking out.
Many people would blame Germany for the outbreak of the First World War. There are many reasons why Germany should be blamed. Germany had already thought out a war plan before war had become an issue. They had been arguing over colonies with other counties, Germany fought over North Africa with France and Britain stepped in to sort it out. Most European countries had over-sea colonies and Germany wanted more. There was no where left for Germany to capture so they decided to fight for other countries colonies. This caused much tension between countries. Germany had decided to attack France. They would not attack through the border; they decided to attack through Belgium. This was very wrong as Belgium had declared themselves neutral, meaning they would attack no one and no one was allowed to attack them. Germany figured that it would take six weeks to defeat France as this is how long it had taken them previously in 1970 (France still bared a grudge about this). As France was in an alliance with Russia, Germany knew Russia would come and help them. Russia is a very big country and did not have very good communication. Germany thought it would take Russia at least six weeks to get an army organized and by that time Germany should have captured France. This plan was called the Schlieffen plan. During the planning for the Schlieffen plan Germany had been building up her army and navy. By the time they attacked Belgium, Germany had a big enough army to fight a war. This scared the other countries as Germany was ready for war should it break out and the other countries were not. This caused the other countries such as Britain to build up their Navy and France to build up their army. France thought that Germany were going to attack so the put troops on the boarder between Franc and Germany but thins didn't help when Germany attacked through Belgium. Germanys plan was that after they had defeated France (through Belgium) in six weeks they would sent their troops to attack Russia. But Russia was quicker than they had expected so they had to move more of their troops to Russia. Invading Russia was a big step towards a World War as Russia was another great power. Everything Germany did especially using the Schlieffen plan caused the Word War. If they had not attacked Belgium in the first place the war might not have broken out like this.
