What were the causes and results of the world war 1???
Cause of World War 1 1) The greatest cause of World War 1 was the European Alliances. Before World War One began, certain European nations had entered into many alliances to protect themselves from each other. There were ten major alliances formed in Europe before 1914. The countries created alliances between themselves to motivate their defense which would bring the strong armies together in case of war. The Dual Alliance was formed in 1879. It consisted of Austria-Hungary and Germany. Bismarck wanted to protect Austria-Hungary from possible Russian attacks which would eventually occur because Russia attacked Turkey. Germany needed Austria-Hungary as an allie because if ever Austria-Hungary fell under the control of Russia , the Russians would attack the Germans next. Germany used the alliance as a defensive method to their advantage. Two years later the Germans and Austro-Hungarians realized that Russia wouldn’t attack them if they let Russia join their Alliance. The alliances were p
