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How did groupism cause world war-I?

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How did groupism cause world war-I?


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Groupism caused world war-I:

  • The world was divided into two hostile groups during the first world war i.e. triple alliance and triple entente.
  • Germany had led one group while France was dominant of next group.
  • Countries like Austria-Hungary, Italy, Turkey, were there in the group led by Germany while Britain, Russia, China, Japan, USA, Belgium, Poland, etc had sided France.
  • The group of Germany was called Axis power and the group of France was called allied power.
  • Rest of the countries were directly or indirectly involved in either of the groups.
  • The practice in which one group would develop enmity and take revenge with the next group increased.
  • They even competed in the numbers of army, soldiers in their army as well as the arms and ammunition.
  • The practice of support or oppose from the whole group in the conflict between the two countries increased.
  • Consequently, the whole group interfered in the conflict between Serbia and Austria. Hungary belonging to two different groups resulting in the outbreak of the first world war.
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