What forces contributed to the spread of fighting in world war 1 from europe to asia and afria?
What forces contributed to the spread of fighting in world war 1 from europe to asia and afria?
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The main force was Imperialism. The major powers of the world has colonies all over the world. As such, not only were the main powers fighting each other in Europe, but they were fighting each other on the colonies. Naval warfare was also a major contribution as U-Boats (German submarines) were used to hamper Allied shipping all over the world.
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I believe the answer if this is a homework question would be: "Entangling alliances" Each country had signed numerous agreements to make war on offending nations that attack it's allies. The above answer is also a good one.
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World War I was a global military conflict which involved the majority of the world's great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Entente Powers and the Central Powers. over 70 million military personnel were mobilized in one of the largest wars in history. in a state of total war, the major combatants fully placed their scientific and industrial capabilities at the service of the war effort. over 15 million people were killed, making it one of the deadliest conflicts in human history. the proximate cause for the war was the June 28, 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, by a Serbian nationalist, Gavrilo Princip. Austria-Hungary's resulting demands against the Kingdom of Serbia led to the activation of a series of alliances which within weeks saw all of the major European powers at war. as a consequence of the global empires of many European nations, the war soon spread worldwide. by the war's end, four major imperial powers—Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire—had been militarily and politically defeated, with the latter two ceasing to exist as autonomous countries. the revolutionized Soviet Union emerged from the Russian Empire, while the map of central Europe was completely redrawn into numerous smaller states. the League of Nations was formed in the hope of preventing another such conflict. the European nationalism spawned by the war, the repercussions of Germany's defeat, and the Treaty of Versailles would eventually lead to the beginning of World War II in 1939.
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