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Creation of the Triple Alliance
THis alliance lead to the creation of the Triple entente(an alliance between Russia, France and Great Britan). The triple entente tangled the countries and forced them to pick a side and participate in the war. -
Alliance of Russia and France
THis alliance lead to the creation of the Triple entente. -
Kaiser Whilhelm II comes into power
THe kaiser made the descision to put the schliefen plan into effect against Russia and France, which failed. -
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European arms race
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Creation of the Triple Entente
Great britan made an alliance with Russia and France called the triple entente. When war was declared by austria Russia defended the smaller countries and declared war on Austria, leading to many other declarations of war. -
Austria annexes Bosnia and Herzehovina
This enrage the coutries and lead to the assasination of Archeduke Ferdinand which was the cause of the first declaration of war. -
Assasination of Archeduke Ferdinand4
THe archeduke was killed by the black hand but the entirety of Bosnia was blamed instead, this lead to Austria declaring war on Bosnia. -
Start of WWI
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Battle lines are drawn
This sets in place who is on what side in the war, and leads to the long drawn out trench warefare. -
Great Britain declares war on Germany
This was because the Schliefen plan included going through the neutral country of Belguim ,Britian would not allow this and declared war on Germany for invading a peaceful country.