The First World War took place in 1914 and went on until 1918. After four years of `slaughter' and killing, in the end a few of the issues had been resolved, but it left 10 million people dead. The 28th of July 1914, Austria declares war on Serbia, 1st August 1914, Germany declares war on Russia, 3rd of august 1914, Germany declares war on France, and 4th of August 1912, Britain declares war on Germany. This essay will state and explain what the main reasons and sparks to the First World War were.

The First World War had many causes; the historians probably have not yet discovered and discussed all of them so there might be more causes than what we know now. The first chief long-term cause to the world war is imperialism/rivalry between most the European countries. The European countries had competed with eachother for power in Europe. In the late 19th...