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Bismarck engineering war with Austria
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Bismarck turned up the diplomatic heat by releasing a doctored version of a telegram ostensibly from the Kaiser to Bismarck himself, called the Ems Telegram
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Napolean III declaring war against Prussia
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Prussian forces laid siege to Paris
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Bismarck Dual Alliance with Austria-Hungary in 1879
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Germany and Austria-Hungary concluded their agreement, Italy was brought into the fold with the signing of the Triple Alliance
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Bismarck, in 1887, agreed to a so-called Reinsurance Treaty with Russia
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Britain signed the Entente Cordiale with France
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Invasion on Korea and Manchuria
land invasion of both disputed territories of Korea and Manchuria in 1904. -
Britain and France concluded military agreement
In 1912 Britain and France did however conclude a military agreement, the Anglo-French Naval Convention, which promised British protection of France's coastline from German naval attack, and French defence of the Suez Canal. -
Italy joined the conflict by siding with the Allies against her two former allies
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ssassination of Archduke Franz -Ferdinand in Sarajevo
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Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia
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Germany declared war on Russia
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France found itself at war against Germany
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Britain declared war against Germany on 4 August
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Japan declared war on Germany
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By the time war was declared Germany could muster 29 battleships, Britain 49.
