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The Arms Race - The Origins of WW1

I don't understand what I'm supposed to know for this. The textbook I'm using doesn't give much information.
How was it cause of the war?


[Doing AQA History B - Paper 1 - Origins of the First World War]
Original post by tmifan
I don't understand what I'm supposed to know for this. The textbook I'm using doesn't give much information.
How was it cause of the war?


[Doing AQA History B - Paper 1 - Origins of the First World War]


Arms races (plural) were a contributory factor, but by no means the only cause of WWI.

Look, for example, at...

The 'naval race' between Germany and Britain,

Russian military reforms/German reaction/French increase in military service,

Strategic military measures such as Russian railway building,

Overall increased military spending.

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