Dbq Alliances And Militarism

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Alliances and militarism, were both catalyst for the start of the first World War. Although the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand created a domino effect for the War to begin, many events lead up to the start of the war before that. Alliances between other nations in Europe were used as pacts. If one country was attacked, their ally would help. As militarism advanced as did the world's urge to begin the world war. Warfare was created and all that needed to begin was a war. Tension arose in Europe, along with skepticism that the war would begin. With this paranoia, alliances were formed.Alliances helped create the world war because they helped make war easier. For example, in Document M Kaiser Wilhelm, explains that if certain