causes of the first world war

causes of the first world war

World war one is also termed as the first world war, or seminal catastrophe war or great war. In northern America is referred to as the European war, which was global war originated from Europe. It started 28 July 1914 after the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia by black hand Serbian nationalist Gavrillo Princip, (Alekseeva.at, el.2015).Other events such as the formation of triple alliance and triple entente, Bosnia crisis of 1908, first Moroccan Crisis, second Moroccan of 1911, Balkan war of 1912/13. The most significant effect of world war 1 is the world war II. This is because the terms of Treaty of Versailles were seemed to be against Germany and her allies since the defeated countries were not in a position to recover from world war 1. Another significant effect of world war 1 was that it led to an economic imbalance in the world leaving Europeans countries with a lot of debts making us the leading economic power and creditor to the countries informed and affected by the world war 1. The study of this is to discuss the cause of the first world war one which started on the 28 July and ended on 11 November 1918.

The formation of two alliances, triple Alliance and Triple Entente was also the cause of the outbreak of the first world war. Germany and Austria-Hungary formed Germany-Austria alliance in 1897. Three years later Italy joined the coalition forming Triple Alliance. The three countries agreed to support and protect each after from the attack by Russia. In 31 august 1907, at st. Petersburg Russia, Convention between Russia and united kingdom relating to Persia, Afghanistan, and Tibet, was signed solving their colonial disputed, (Szolnoki at.el. 2015). The reason why Russia signed this agreement with Britain and France was the fear of growing Germany army. This agreement led to the formation of Triple Entente. The creation of these two alliances caused much tension which led to an outbreak of the first world war.

The second cause of world war 1 was the first Moroccan Crisis.the arrival of Kaiser Wilhelm who Germany citizen at Tangiers to declare his support to the sultan of morocco hence brought the anger of France, and Britain.the main aim of his arrival at Tangiers was to disrupt the anglo-french entente which was formed by Britain and France April 1904, since the Germany government had no interest in morocco,(Zagare, (2015). The terms of the Anglo-French agreement between France and Britain was that Britain was to pursue her interest in Egypt while France was to expand it’s westwards from Algeria into Morocco. This Moroccan triggered the first world war as the Triple Entente felt offended by the decision of the cause of the first Moroccan Crisis.

Third, Bosnian Crisis of 1908, brought tension between the two alliances. This Crisis is also known as the Annexation crisis ( Topçu,2018). This arose when the Austria-Hungary declared the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina which was under the sovereignty of the Ottoman Empire. This decision by Austria-Hungary broke the relation among Austria – Hungary and its neighbouring countries such as Serbia, Russia as well as Italy . in long-termed, this Bosnian Crisis led to the world war I as it brought tension between the two alliances.

Fourthly, was the second Moroccan event 1911. This arose when the Germany gunboat panther was to send to Agadir to protect the interest of Germany.this event led to the conflict between France and Germany,( Saad,2016). International negotiations solved the battle where France was given the right of protectorship over Morocco while Germany was given French congo. In the long term, this Moroccan second Crisis contributed to the first world war since Triple Entente mistreated by the triple alliance for the second time at French territory in morocco.

Lastly, was Balkan War of 1912/13. This was made up of two conflicts which took place between the Ottoman Empire and its territory in European, which were Greece, Serbia, Montenegro and Bulgaria,( Topçu,2018). Under Russia, Balkan league was formed to take Macedonia from turkey, which was under war with Italy. This conflict also contributed to the outbreak of the first world war since it created tension between the two alliances. In this conflict, the triple alliance suffered more.

From the above discussion, it is clear that many events led to outbreak of the first world war such as formation of triple alliance and triple entente, Bosnia crisis of 1908, first Moroccan Crisis, second Moroccan of 1911, Balkan war of 1912/13 and lastly the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophia.