Why was Germany a threat World War 1?

Answer 1

World War 1 was a total war because the economic and military resources of the countries involved were fully devoted towards it. Ultimately, the Allies spent twice more than the Central Powers.

Answer 2

People were convinced to fight for their side using morals. The allies used the assassination of the Archduke and the invasion of Belgium by Germany to justify fighting the Germans.

Both sides used the justification of keeping agreements made with allies as a moral justification to join the war.

Answer 3

Even though the war started out as a conflict between Serbia and Russia against Germany and Austria-Hungary, it quickly became a global war when Great Britain, France, and Germany dragged their colonies/overseas allies into the war. Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, South Africans, and Rhodesians all fought for England in the war. Men from Algeria, Tunisia, Vietnam, and Morocco fought for the French and Germany had men from Africa and Southeast Asia fight also. The Ottoman Empire entered the war in 1915 on the side of Germany and fighting thus occurred in the Dardanelles and the Arabian peninsula between the British and Ottoman forces. The Arab revolt against Turkey involved more people in the Middle East, and the US joined the war in 1917.

Whenever you have all of the Great Powers involved in a war, then it is a world war.

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It became a World War because of the multiple alliances. Serbians killed the archduke of Austria-Hungary in Bosnia. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Serbia had an alliance with Russia and then Russia joined the war. Russia was in the Triple Entente and pulled Britain and France into the war. Austria-Hungary had alliances with Germany and the Ottoman Empire. They also joined the war.

Answer 4

Total war is generally understood to mean war between 2 or more countries that apply all their resources to conquering the other country. This usually results in damage to cities and high losses of men, ships and equipment.

Limited war would be when two countries are fighting over a disputed border or a separate colony or island that does not influence the rest of the country or its population.

*Basically total war means that you do not just attack the soldiers, you attack your opponents economy and their alliances, anything you can do to hurt the opposing nation

Answer 5

This is a long answer because it involves many parts of battle. In three major terms, it was from the new horrible weapons used, trench warfare, and sheer numbers.

First, weapons. Many inventions, such as gas warfare, airplanes and tanks were unleashed and killed many soldiers. Also, artillery ripped apart human bodies and killed even more. The technology had not evolved with time and mood about war.

Trench warfare was a horrific aspect of battle. Soldiers would literally camp and sometimes live in trenches, waiting for the enemy to come or get struck by artillery or aircraft. When soldiers were ordered to cross the land in between trenches, or no-man's-land, machine guns were often waiting to cut the infantry to a field of corpses.

Finally, the number of men who died was terrifying. About 9 million died in combat, and another 14 million were wounded in action. If you look at World War I photos of soldiers, you will see more gruesome pictures.

Hopefully, reader, you know more about the Great War.

Answer 6

because the 'offensive' got killed