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Creation Of The Dual Alliance
Bismarck saw France as the biggest threat He believed that France still wanted revenge for its defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. Bismarck’s first goal, was to isolate France. “France poses no danger to us.” In 1879, Bismarck formed the Dual Alliance between Germany and Austria- Hungary. -
Creation Of The Triple Alliance
Three years after the creation of the Dual Alliance, Italy joined the two countries, forming the Triple Alliance. In 1881, Bismarck took yet another possible ally away from France by making a treaty with Russia. -
Rise of Kaiser Wilhelm II and resignation of Bismarck.
In 1890 , Germany changed dramaticly. That year Kaiser Wilhelm II (two years earlier had became the ruler of Germany) forced Bismark to resign. Wilhelm did not want to share his power with anyone. He also wanted to show the world how powerful Germany has become. -
Lapse of treaty with Russia
Wilhem let his treaty with Russia lapse in 1890. Wilhem set Germany on a new course , causing his treaty to lapse -
Alliance of Russia and France
From the lapse of the treaty , Russia responded by forming an alliance with france in 1892 and 1894. An alliance as such had been one of bismarks biggest fears. This alliance would make Germany an enemy of both. -
Rise Of Militarism
Militarism was known as the policy of glorifying military power and keeping an army prepared for war. Having a large and strong army made citizens feel more powerful and patriotic. By 1914, all the great powers except Britain , had large standing armies. -
Conflicts between Germany and France over Morocco
Between March 1905 and 1906, Germany attempted to use Morroco's indeprendence to increase friction between France and the UK. Kieser supported France in this attempt to use the independence. The Algeciras Conference temporarily solved the Moroccan Crisis, but it only worsened the tensions between the Triple Alliance and Triple Entente, which then led to the first World War -
Creation of the Triple Entente
This is the alliance between France, Brittian and Russia after the signing of the Anglo-Russian Entente. People do believe that this could have sparked the Great War. They did not promise to help eachother but they did encircle Germany and Austria-Hungry. -
Austria annexing Bosnia and Herzegovina
This was yet another crisis. It was known as the Annexation crisis or the First Balkan Crisis. -
The Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were shot dead. The political veiw of the assassination was to break off Austria-Hungary's south-Slav provinces so they could be combined into a Greater Serbia, or a Yugoslavia. This time around June is very important because one month later, the attack led to WWI -
The first declaration of war
Woodrow WIlson went before the congress on the second of april in 1917 to ask for a decleration of war with Germany.By 1914, Europe was divided into two camps. One alliance, the Triple Entente, which included, Great Britain, France, and Russia. The other, known as the Triple Alliance, included Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. Austria-Hungary’s declaration of war against Serbia set off a chain reaction to the alliance system and wars started everywhere.
