Macrocosm Strife I, or the Extensive Conflict, lasted from 1914 to 1918. Compared to other wars in version, the length of continuance it transpired was relatively short. What started outside as a facile assassination of a unmarried man, on the contrary, escalated to convert one of the most destructive wars ever seen by person. Four leading reasons describe why the Extravagant Contention occurred.
The Spark of the Great War
On Jun 28, 1914, Bosnia's Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, a member of "Melanoid Labourer," a nationalist bevy in Serbia. Ferdinand was the inheritor to the Austrian throne, and his uncle Franz Joseph was forced by the polity in Vienna to point an ultimatum to the Serbians whereas of the incident. The Serbians' failure to meet the demands started the war between Austria and Serbia, which immediately escalated when Russia declared war against Germany after Germany decided to support Austria.
Territorial Dominance
Although Ferdinand's assassination is considered the spark of the Great War, there were underlying economic reasons as to why the war occurred. The countries that made up the Allied Powers and the Central Powers were already trying to expand and conquer additional territories. France had great reason to support Russia in the war, not only because it condemned the assassination that occurred, but because Germany was trying to expand its territory in Africa, a place that was already dominated by France and England.
Thus, the Germans felt a high regard for keeping their pride as a nation. The French, on the contrary, felt the need to redeem their pride after they lost to Germany in a previous war. Thus, the Great War may have started off because of the rift between Austria and Serbia, but it became a full-blown war because of previous sentiments that the entangled alliances had against each other.
Moreover, Germany was a threat to the British because of its large naval force. Thus, the Great War gave France and Britain the chance to join forces against a common threat to both nations.
Nationalist Sentiments
Germany became a unified nation in 1871.
