Germany's start of submarine attacks on passengers and merchandiser ships in 1917 became the first motivation behind Wilson's call to lead us into world war I.
Well, the purpose is hard to tell, as each of the participating countries had different reasons for joining the war. Generally, you could say that each of the major players wanted to either strengthen their international position and power or stop their empires from falling apart/being weakened.
So, for example, the particular purposes were:
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