WW1

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alism was becoming a powerful force in Europe so people that
had the same culture, language wanted their own country. And that
was the problem for the government of Austria-Hungary that did not
want to lose their power and control. The Slavs in the southern part
of the empire were their main concern since they wanted to join up to
Serbia.

Militarism is the second cause according to the article above, which
comes after the nationalism. To understand what the author means
by militarism one should be familiar with the situation of the world in
the beginning of the century, which was the result of both industrial
and democratic revolutions. Britain at that time was the largest
empire in the world, and it also had the largest navy. The navy was
so big and strong because the Britons needed to protect their empire
and maintain the sea routes between the different colonies. The
Kaiser William II of Germany hated and envied Britain for having a
stronger navy than his. He increased the German navy and built many
warships. Britain responded with building more ships and increasing its
navy too. This started a race for building more and better warships
and it created tension and competition between those two countries.

Imperialism and the system of alliances are the last two major causes
of the War. There was a quarrel between France and Germany about
controlling the colonies, and especially Morocco, which leads to a
greater conflict, the Great War. Europe at that time was divided into
two rival alliance systems: Triple Entente that included Great Britain,
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