What was the reason for the outbreak of the First World War, and what was the root cause of the outb

The fundamental reason is the imbalance in political and economic development among the imperialist countries.

The outbreak of the First World War began with the Sarajevo incident, but the root cause was the development of the struggle for hegemony between the imperialist countries. For centuries, the Western powers vigorously pursued overseas colonial expansion, following the jungle rules of capitalism. The First World War was the product of the extreme development of this jungle rule.

This was the root cause of the outbreak of World War I.

The most prominent of the confrontation between the two major blocs of imperialist countries is the Anglo-German contradiction. After the reunification of Germany in the second half of the 19th century, the economy and society developed rapidly. In the process of industrialization, Germany began to lead Britain, and its national strength increased greatly, forming fierce competition with Britain.

The imbalance in the political and economic development of the imperialist countries was the root cause of the First World WarThe rapid increase in the economic strength of the new capitalist countries led to the increase in the overall national strength and military strength of these countries, surpassing the old capitalist countries in one fell swoop"Balance of power"was destroyed, and they demanded that the world be redivided. This will inevitably endanger the immediate interests of the old capitalist countries, lead to the formation and intensification of contradictions between the imperialist countries, and eventually lead to war.

The outbreak of the war was the result of the development of the contradictions between Germany and France, Germany and Britain, Germany and Japan, Germany and Russia, and Austria. On the basis of these contradictions, the imperialist countries have stepped up their arms expansion, increased their military budgets, expanded their armies, drawn up operational plans, and embarked on the road of war step by step. At the same time, the propaganda apparatus of the imperialist countries has been accompanied by the incitement of chauvinistic sentiments, such as the reactionary fallacy of the bourgeois royal scholars preaching that war can solve the problem of overpopulation and save the crisis of industry and commerce.

In addition, some aspects of Western political thought at the end of the 19th century also contributed to the outbreak of the Great War. The root cause of the outbreak of the First World War was the nature of the Emperor's nationalism, which was the continuation of the policy of the imperialist countries for decades of frenzied plundering of colonies and striving for world hegemony. After entering monopoly capitalism, the bourgeoisie's desire to pursue maximum profits pushed countries to divide up colonies and spheres of influence, thus causing contradictions between countries.

In addition, at the beginning of the 20th century, with the intensification of internal oppression and external plundering by the imperialist countries, the proletarian revolutionary movement and national liberation movement in various countries were on the rise. Therefore, diverting the attention of the domestic people's struggle in order to disintegrate the domestic revolutionary movement and the national liberation movement in the colonies was another reason for the outbreak of this war. The outbreak of World War I was the immediate cause of the events in Sarajevo.

However, the cause of this incident is also the uneven development of the imperialists. Britain and France and other capitalists developed and matured first, and have formed a situation that dominates the world pattern. Germany, on the other hand, came from behind and demanded a break from the pattern of British and French dominance.

As a result, the contradictions between Britain, France, and Germany intensified, and became the main contradiction in the contradictions of various countries before World War I. It was the development of contradictions between them that led to this war of unprecedented proportions.