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The armies of both France and Germany had more than doubled between 1870 and 1914
You have to be a little more specific on which war you are talking about. World War I officially began on July 28, 1914. World War II officially began on September 1, 1939 (although some countries were already fighting, notably that Japan was already fighting China).
WWI started in the year 1914 for several reasons: what ignited the great war was the assassination of archduke franz Ferdinand and then there were the tangled alliance systems. but more was the thoughts of militarism, nationalism, and imperialism.
Germany declared war on France on the 3rd August 1914. Starting World War One. WW1 was actually started July 28, 1914 when the Austria-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia. Various countries declared war on one another after that day. Yes, but nothing very much happened until the declaration by Germany, then the very next day they had ignored Belgium's neutrality and invaded Belgium to try to get to Paris quickly.
The usa spends more money on defense then all other countries around the world combined. In 2007 the world spent over 900 billion for military defense. The usa spend 700 billion of the 900 billion. That's why the world has a hard time trusting the usa.