How Imperialism contributed to the start of world war 1?
Wilhelm tried to build up the German navy to match the British at sea. He also made sure the superiority of the German land army was unsurpassed. When rulers and military leaders spend so much on building up a military force, they are sometimes straining at the leash to use it. Germany was all too anxious and ready for war in Europe when the domino effect of causative events began in late June and July of 1914.
