Was Germany Responsible for the Outbreak of the First World War

The First World War was a devastating war that effected many places and also very many lives. Because of the effects of the war people were determined to search for the country that was to blame for all the disaster created. The outbreak was contingent on a determining number of factors. These factors included nationalism that was being spread throughout Europe during the time before World War I had started and the alliance system. Although …

…being the principal instigator in the arms race and in the creation of the alliance system. Germany was a nation that felt they needed to advance and was prepared to do anything to achieve that goal – even cause a war. Consequently Germany was not totally to blame for the outbreak of the First World War, but it was most certainly the main contributor, by a large margin, to the outbreak of the First World War.