Question

What was the cause of franco-german rivalry during the first world war?

Answer 1

-France and Germans were two radically different nations

-France had been existing for a long time,became a democracy in 1789,a military dictatorship in early 1800s by Napoleon,A monarchy in 1815,and a republic in 1848 while Germany was a divided into 39 states and was only reunified in 1870s

-In 1871,German state Prussia under von Bismarck fought France to gain German Speaking Territories and this resulted in a massive Prussian victory and demoralised the French

-France had colonies all over the world,while Germany had only a little,this caused jealosy among Germans

-During late 1800s and early 1900s,Europe had prolonged peace and stability and during which nations like France,Germany and UK became industrially and militarily developed and each country thought they were the best and was eager to prove themselves

-This came to a boiling point when Austrian prince Ferdinand was killed by Serb Nationalists and Austria with German support declared war,seeing this opportunity,France came to the defense of Serbia and France was eager to pay back for its 1871 loss to the descendant king of Prussian Kaisers,William and this resulted in the most atrocious conflict of that time

Answer 2

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cause for the first world war assasination of archduke franets ferdman , the prince of Australia . the powerful couturiers of the europe , England , Germany , France etc at constant was over the issue of establishing control over colonies . the industrialisation and invention of new technologies had created competition among European countries . the European countries had to have control over each and every market of world including India . the wanted to have uncontrolled access to resources of these colonies . an extreme form of nationalism grew over there , hence this led to the first world war .