alism,nationalism, and militarism occurring simultaneously, there would have beenno need for allies, because they were the factors that created the hostileenvironment in which the war formed. What could have remained a regionalincident, turned into a world war due to alliances. Alliances were for othernations to be able to rely on others during relentless attacks from othercountries. These alliances were only useful during war, and had imperialism,nationalism, and militarism not been present, world war one would not haveoccurred.World war one was a grand war which contained a very in-depth, detailedbackground, ranging from the assassination of the Arch Duke of Austria, tothe imperialism, nationalism, militarism, and alliances of the Europeannations. Imperialism, nationalism, militarism and alliances, all playedmajor roles in the preparations for war, and without even one of thesefactors, world war one would not have occurred. World War OneWorld war one, also known as the war to end all wars, was a brutal war whichaffected all of Europe, and outlying areas. The assassination of Arch Dukeof Austria, Francis Ferdinand by a Bosnian patriot was responsible for theinitial outbreak of fighting. On July 28, 1914, world war one began.Fighting commenced between Austria-Hungary, whom declared war on Russia, anally of Serbia. Millions of people were affected by this war. More civilianpopulation was involved in world war one than ever before in previous wars.Imperialism, nationalism, militarism and alliances, all played the majorroles in the preparations for war, and without even one of these factors,world war one would not have occurred.Although the murder of Austria's Arch Duke, Francis Ferdinand was theimmediate cause of the war, it was not the main reason for it. Manycountries were broken into small pieces before the war, and certain areaswere occupied as colonies by greater powers. One example of this was thecolonization of Italy by Austria-Hun...