World war one origins.

Grade 11 The Causes of World War 1 and their Consequences The First World War was a unique war unlike any previous, conflicts. It had completely revolutionized the way modern warfare was fought. Many new weapons, vehicles, and tactics were used. It had introduced a new course of fighting called trench warfare. This war had produced 19 million casualties and civilian population had been greatly effected as never before. But the questions still exists, "Why did this Great …

…mechanics that brought the world's major nations into the war. What was intended to be a limited war against the accuser and the accused, turned out to be much bigger and much worse. The Alliance System was a major cause of the First World War, and to understand it properly, it is important to go back to the core of the alliances which date back to the 1860s, and can be called as Bismarckian Politics.