How did industrialization and imperialism play a role in the onset of World War I?

Historians agree
that imperialism was a long-term cause of . Increasing greatly in the nineteenth century,
imperialism, or the desire to extend a countrys influence by building an empire, caused tensions
between various European countries. There were particularly strong tensions between Britain and
Germany, for example. This was because Britain had a much larger empire than Germany and,
crucially, allied with France in 1904 in what is known as the Entente Cordiale. Conversely,
Germany allied with Austria-Hungary, and so the scene was set for the two opposing
sides.

Similarly, industrialization also played a role in causing the war
because it enabled these European countries to arm themselves on a massive scale. If you look at
the production of the dreadnought battleship, for example, you will see how it caused
competition between Germany and Britain (see the reference link provided at the bottom of this
post). Moreover, the fact that Britain had produced more dreadnoughts...

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