The "Great War" as WW1 was termed depended on the troops and the public's view of national pride, in my opinion. It was not foreseen that the Treaty of Versailles would become such a punishing peace treaty. The treaty met all the demands of the nationalism of the two great European powers, France & England. That nationalism fueled the fighting spirits of the soldiers on both sides seems to be a given product to this 1914 to 1918 war.
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Nationalism is a sense of devotion and a desire to bring about independence or forward progress to one's country.
As of its effect on World War I, Gavrilo Princip was the man who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which sparked a chain of events that led to the First World War. Princip was a Yugoslav nationalist. He desired Yugoslavian independence from Austria, from which Ferdinand was from.
Nationalism did play an important role in the cold war. There are certain individuals who offered to work as spies for their countries.
Nationalism caused World War II. The Axis nations were all convinced of their superiority over other people and countries. They invaded countries without warning and subjugated the citizens, whom they felt were inferior and undeserving of equal status.
What war was the result of militarism and nationalism in later nineteenth and early twenthieth centuries
Nationalism was dangerous in World War I primarily because it was significant in why war broke out in the first place. Through the ideologies that characterize what nationalism is, European countries became ethnocentric in believing that their country was superior to all others and would be victorious against anyone in war.
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