Question

Another of the underlying causes of World War I was entangling alliances - when more countries joined the war because they were allies with the countries involved in the conflict. How did this entangling alliances lead to WWI?

Answer 1

Germany was lagging behind many countries, mostly Britain in the arms build-up. Germany wanted to grow out their militarism to either keep its nation safe or to expand, all for its self-benefit. It was also to show that Germany was capable of independence from the network of allies they had.

(Counter:)

However, since one country had joined an alliance with others, their military powers would be combined and would've had a bigger impact than a single country. The network of alliances let nations help each other in war and with this extra power, they were able to control and have more power against a single nation.

Answer 2

Since one country had an alliance with a country in the war they were expected to join and those who were allianced with them were then expected to join and so on