WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The M-A-I-N acronym – militarism, alliances, imperialism and nationalism – is often used to analyse the war, and each of these reasons are cited to be the 4 main causes of World War One.

Detailed explanation-2: -Historians generally agree that the four main longterm causes of World War One were Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism and Nationalism.

Detailed explanation-3: -The war started mainly because of four aspects: Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism and Nationalism. This is because big armies become potential threats to other countries, other countries started forcing alliances in order to secure land.

Detailed explanation-4: -The first grouping were the three most powerful states-Great Britain, Germany, and France. The second grouping were lesser in rank, but remained significant for the period-Austria-Hungary and Russia. A sixth power was Italy, but this newly unified nation was unpredictable and still suffered from internal problems.

Detailed explanation-5: -When the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (June 1914) caused Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia (July 1914), this sparked a chain reaction of alliances which drew the majority of Europe − and then the world − into what would otherwise have been an internal war for the Austro-Hungarian Empire.