How it began
Archduke Franz Ferdinandhe and his wife Assassination ;
In June 28 Gavrilo Princip, killed Archduke Franz Ferdinandhe and his wife ,he was the governor of the Austria provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Princip because he got rejected in the army in Belgrade for being to small and they always take him as the weak one. Pricip thought that if he killed the Archduke of Bosnia . Serbia could join the slavic people that lived in Bosnia .
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The July Crisis:
After Archduke Franz Ferdinandhe and his wife were killed. Austria used the assassination as a pretext to eliminate Serbia.Then in July 28 Austria declared war against Serbia.Then Germany declared war to Russia because Austria attacked Serbia. After that Germany wanted to pass through Belgium and secretly they signed an alliance with the Ottoman Empire Then after that Germany invade Belgium and Uk declares war on Germany.
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Alliance System:
Negotiated and signed in May 1881, the Triple Alliance brought Italy into the alliance previously agreed between Germany and Austria-Hungary.Germany and Austria-Hungary promised to defend Italy if she were attacked by France. Italy was hop to defend to Germany or Austria-Hungary if France declared war against either.
World War was fought by two alliances,the Central Powes and the Allies:
The foundation of the Central Powers was the Dual Alliance between Germany and Austria. They wanted to maintain an alliance with Tsarist Russia and Austria.Taking advantage of Ottomon bitterness toward Russua, Germany convinced the Ottomons to join the Cental Powers in November 1914 , the next year Bulgaria entered the War in October 1915. Gemany in that time was the most powerful country in Europe.
The foundation of the Allies was between France and Russia. When the Kaiser allowed the trearly with Russia,the French immediately held the opportunity and negotiated a treaty with the Tsarist Russia.
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The Schlieffen Plan :
The Schlieffen Plan was created by General Count Alfred von Schlieffen in December 1905. The Schlieffen Plan was to attacked France firs and then Russia. In response to this they started to move his forces near the German border. Schlieffen also planned to attacked France through Belgium and Luxemburg. The death of the Schlieffen Plan led to Britain declaring war on Germany on August 4th 1914.
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