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2.) Being a relatively new country, Germany had an immense desire for power. This massive demand for power made neighboring countries fearful for their safety. France had a long and hateful past with Germany, and felt that if Germany had enough power, they would not think twice as to attack France. As a result of fear, Britain continued to increase the size of her navy. Russia had been warned not to mobilize by Germany, yet had done so anyway. Germany felt this to be a threat.

3.) Military chiefs played a large part in the development and outbreak of the war. THe military chiefs were the one who were in-charge of the mobilization of the vast numbers of troops. This was very apparent in Russia, where mobilization is a bit more difficult. Russia is very big. Being very big coupled with having very few railroads means that it takes much more time to mobilize the same number of troops as, say, Germany. Military chiefs not only influenced the size of the war, but the actual war itself, because when neighboring countries started to mobilize, Germany felt very threatened, and this might lead to war.

4.)Western is of the opinion that the cause of the war was because of vast amount of nationalism contained within Austria- Hungary. All the little countries that Austria-Hungary annexed hated each other. They hated each other enough to fight violently and passionately. Russia had offered to help Serbia, identifying them as slavic brothers. Ferro is of the opinion that the Austro- Serbian conflict provoked all the other countries into war. Russia felt that they had to intervene in the conflict while Britain felt they had to be a moderator of sorts, in order to prevent war.

5.)War seemed very inevitable in the early 20th century, because of the massive amount of conflict over the Balkans, and Germany's insatiable appetite for power. Germany seemed to do anything it could to test the limits of how far it could go before the other countries intervened.

6.) Tracing history is rather difficult for a modern historian because the historical records of countries have a habit of not mentioning the negative aspects of that particular country. This makes it very difficult to evaluate and judge the actions of political leaders.