... divided into two powerful blocs, a war begun that would start as a local conflict and spread to engulf the whole of Europe. It was a war that had been unwitnessed in the history of mankind and resulted in the deaths of millions and the subsequent downfall of the old world order. On what exactly caused the Great War or World War 1 as it is also called, has ... World War was the rivalry over colonies and the search for economic dominance. [Professor Gerhard Rempel, Industrial revolution lecture]. Throughout the ninetieth century most of the countries of Europe had been industrialised, tho...

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