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In 1914 all the great nations started to create a strong army except for Britain since they already had the strongest navy. Their navy protected ships, controlled trade routes, and colonial ports. Due to the British having most of the power this made other countries envy them, leading to countries starting to fight with each other for the land.

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By 1907, two distinct sides had formed in Europe and all signs pointed to war. The Allied Powers consisted of England, France, Russia and Italy, and the Central Powers, which were led by Germany and Austria-Hungary.

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By the beginning of the war almost all of Africa had been colonized by a country in Europe. Great Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Portugal, and Spain all had control over at least one country in Africa by the start of the war. They gained control of the countries during a time called the scramble. During this time they competed with each other for control of African countries. Africa allowed the European countries to expand.

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With the spread of militarism this made citizens feel more patriotic and more compelled to join the army. This patriotism made countries' militaries stronger and held more energy to want to take over land. The creation of stronger armies also scared some citizens and led to alliances being formed so they wouldn’t have to worry. These alliances make countries feel more confident in their armies to take over more land.

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Otto Von Bismark attempted to isolate France by allying with Austria-Hungary to form a Dual Alliance. Later, Italy joined the group to form the Triple Alliance and Germany made a pact with Russia as well. Bismarck knew that Austria and Russia were rivals and that his alliances may break down. The treaty with Russia was allowed to lapse, but Russia responded by allying with France. This alliance would force Germany to fight a two front war.

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After Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, Russia came to Serbia's aid. This led to Germany joining the war to defend Austria-Hungary and then France and England joining to defend Russia. Due to the alliance system, a war between two nations turned into war throughout an entire continent.

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In 1914 there were many large global empires. These empires all had the same goal of expanding and becoming the largest empire. The empires in 1914 were The British Empire, Russia, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Spain, The United States, The Ottoman Empire, Portugal, Belgium, Holland, and Italy. All of these Empires had the same goal of becoming the dominant nation. Since they all had the same goal it caused tension between the empires to become the strongest empire.

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Nationalism led to world war 1 by creating competition between nations and that created tension. Each nation wanted to assert power and dominance to prove that they had the most power.

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Britain was affected by nationalism in world war one because of the industrial revolutions of the 18th century this made them more money and technology that no one had yet to develop making them very powerful. Other countries felt threatened by Britain's immensely growing power.

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Kaiser Wilhelm II forced Bismarck to resign, not wanting to share his new power with anyone and to prove Germany’s strength. Wilhelm then challenged England by starting a large ship building program to equal Great Britain’s strength on the seas. Britain became alarmed and formed an alliance with France and Russia known as the Triple Entente.

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European Nations wanted to expand into Africa and Asia. They were very aggressive with their colonization tactics. This caused tension in Europe, almost pushing them to war. France and Germany fought about who would take over Morocco multiple times. Most of Europe supported France and this caused Germany to withdraw the idea of taking over Morocco.

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France and Germany during this time ( 18th century ) had rapid growth between their countries which included imperial growth and social modernisation. After the war however France struggled to get their economy back to what it used to be because Germany captured 40% of France's heavy industries in 1914 (steel and coal.)

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Militarism was one of the major causes of world war one. Before the war when nationalism was growing through Europe it led to governments spending more money on their army. When the countries started to do this their military grew and it gave them more power. With this new power it allowed countries the chance now to take over more land, leading to war.