Question

Mention any two reasons why the war brobe out in 1914 is referred to as the First World War

Answer 1

The reasons that led the nations of Europe and later the world to go to war in 1914 are complex, and it is impossible to say the war started because of one single cause. There are a series of events, which derived in the early 19th century, which engulfed most of Europe by 4th August 1914. Some causes of the war were long-term whereas others were short term. One reason for the outbreak of the war in 1914 was the competition for colonies between the European countries, especially Germany who wanted a large empire and colonies like Britain. In 1800 both Britain and France had large empires and these continued to grow in the nineteenth century. Italy and Germany both became united countries for the first time in the 1870s and they also wanted to have overseas empires.


Also the Triple Entente surrounded the Triple Alliance therefore they had a greater chance of winning because they could attack the Triple Alliance from three places at once, which is basically the reason the suspicion in the Triple Alliance grew. As you can see from all the evidence above it would only have taken a small trigger to set the stage for war with guns blazing high in the sky like the sound of fireworks high above but without the same joy, immense and agonised violence, moans turning into ear-piercing yells and pitiful sobs and a chain reaction throughout Europe. The small spark that set the whole war off was when Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian Throne and his wife, Sophie were assassinated in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia. There had been much hatred of the Austrian rule in Bosnia, especially amongst the Serbs who wanted to join with Serbia. There had been six attempts altogether by the Serbs to take the lives of the Austrian Royal Family between 1910 and 1914 and they finally succeeded on June 29, 1914. The Archduke had ignored warnings of a possible assassination plot "Some young Serb might put a live rather than a blank cartridge in his gun and fire it," and his wife's Sophie's advice who had begged him not to go to Sarajevo because of the threats of assassination. Unfortunately, Archduke did not heed his wife's advice. He decided to accept the invitation of Bosnia's governor, General Oskar Potoirek, to inspect the army manoeuvres being held outside Sarajevo. The Archduke's role as Inspector General of the Army made the visit logical. It had also been four years since an important Hapsburg had made a goodwill visit to Bosnia. He toured the capital on the anniversary of the 1389 battle of Kosovo, St. Vitus's Day

Answer 2

Most of the nations participated directly or in directly.
Most of powerful countries joined in it