Causes of WW1

World War 1, was the tine when leaders had the agression towards other countries and being supported by the rising nationalism of the European nations. Economic and imperial competition and fear of war prompted military alliances and an arms race, which further escalated the tension contributing to the outbreak of war. After the year 1907, the military was increased in policy making. In 1914, the Russian generals were also able to force the Czar to accept full mobilization. They threatened him with the danger of defeat if he acted contrarily. Europe had reached its breaking point when on June 28, 1914, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne, was assasinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia, by a Serbian nationalist belonging to an organization known as the black hand. These were the results that started World War 1.