West European Studies

    The First World War started in 1914. The war was initiated by the imbalance of power within the European nation. The British Empire was the first to undergo industrialization. Industrial revolution began in British. This made British the only European nation served with industries.  British revived policies of ensuring they are the only ones involved in production. The world markets were flocked with products from Britain.  The competing European nations included India and Germany. India was geared towards industrialization.  This made the British Government to formulate strict policies restricting other European nations from venturing in industrialization. The British Empire became the dominating industrious nation. The other European countries provided the raw materials used for the industries in Britain. The raw materials were transformed to finished products. The finished products were then sold to the global world.

    Germany became a competing rival in industrialization. Several industries were set in Germany. Germany produced various products which provided competition to the British products. Many customers in the world preferred products from Germany since they were less costly and of good quality. This acted as a set back to the British economy. The balance of power was an issue of concern within the European nations.  The economy of Germany continued to prosper with its participation in the industrial world. Germany gained much advantage after gaining colonies in Africa. These colonies provided raw materials for their industries. The Germany colonies also provided markets for the products from Germany industries.  The upcoming of Germany was not received well by the British government. This led to plans to bring down the upcoming industries in Germany.

British Government began to float some false allegations towards Germany. The false allegation failed.  The British began to find means of bringing down Germany. In a conversation with the then United States Prime Minister, the British Prime minister was quoted for having plans to declare   war against Germany. The Prime Minister quoted the   competition Germany was offering to his country. The United States prime minister reciprocated by saying that there was no need of attacking a harmless nation. He said that instead of attacking Germany, British should provide a competitive ground.

     In the wake of 1914, British declared war against Germany. Britain joined hands with France to defeat Germany. The Germany allies were weakened by the evident strong force from both the British and French armies. United States intervened to reinforce both the British and the French armies. The intervention of the United States made it lose the position of a neutral mediator. United States led the signing of the treaty in 1919 in which case Germany was configured as the main contributing factor to the war. Germany was blamed for the war.

    From the heightened scenery, it is not fair to blame Germany for what happened in the First World War. This is because Germany did not initiate the war. Germany was in the midst of industrialization. This can be considered as an argument for attacking Germany. Industrial revolution was in the horizon and therefore Germany was on the right track in changing the world economy. The war left Germany in the eve of collapsing. Many issues were issues not solved after the war since Germany was sidelined during the negotiation talks.  It is clear that Germany did not confront any nation. Therefore Germany should take the blame on the happenings of the First World War.