The first reason for the eruption of World War I was militarism. Militarism is the act of building up armies for threats against other countries – taking over new territory – and protection from other countries who decide to invade. In the 1900’s, the two strongest countries – Germany and Britain – decided to create a Naval Race. While Germany had a stronger ‘ground’ army, Britain had better naval protection with Dreadknought class ships. Because of this advantage, Germany decided to outdo Britain and build their own Dreadknought class battleships. As both countries tried to build more battleships than the other, tensions rose and tempers flared. When Germany and Britain finally stopped building their battleships, they had nothing to d

The last contributing factor to the Great War is the alliance systems. As more military defense rose in several different powerful countries, governments had the idea of forming alliances. While alliances began as a means to ensure public and political safety, overall, they would only provide more terror and violence. For example, there were two major alliances: the Triple Alliance, consisting mainly of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy, and the Triple Entente, consisting mainly of Britain, France, Russia and Serbia. If Russia declared war against Germany, or vice-versa, the allied countries would be forced into a war that chances are, had nothing to do with them, resulting in the involvement of many innocent individuals. For this reason, alliances can be viewed as both positive and negative, where it promotes peace or fear. Unfortunately, secret alliances can also be formed between countries. When the Tripe Alliance was formed, there were still conflicts over the possession of the Adriatic Sea between Italy and Austria-Hungary. Unknowingly to both Austria-Hungary and Germany, Italy had signed a secret treaty with France in 1902. In 1914, when war broke out, Italy did not stand by its obligations to the Triple Alliance and declared war on Austria-Hungary after a short period spent neutral. Alliances created tension between Empires and secrets instilled distrust; only one incident was needed for an all out war to erupt. Thanks to the a

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