1. Factors Leading Up to WWI
... not happy at all about this and wanted revenge. The first short-term factor I would like to put across was the war plans which I also think was the least important factor. All major European countries had drawn up war plans. Count Alfred Von Schlieffen, a German General drew up a plan of action which he called the 'Schlieffen Plan'. This involved attacking France ... War One. There were numerous long term and short term causes to World War One. The most important being the System of Alliances and the least important being the war plans (Schlieffen Plan) and the trigger, the assassi...
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