Lesson 4 of 4 ยท Form 3 History and Government
The First World War (1914-1918)
15 min
Causes (remember MAIN)
- Militarism: arms race, especially the naval race between Britain and Germany.
- Alliances: the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy) vs the Triple Entente (Britain, France, Russia).
- Imperialism: rivalry over colonies (Moroccan crises).
- Nationalism: Slav nationalism in the Balkans; French desire to recover Alsace-Lorraine.
Immediate cause
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914 by Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian nationalist.
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