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Entangled Alliances Ww1

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World War I is probably the greatest mistake the world has ever made in history, costing the lives of millions of people. It all started with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary when he was visiting Bosnia and Herzegovina in the city of Sarajevo. Franz and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were riding around Sarajevo in their car when a bomb was thrown at the vehicle. The driver accelerated when he saw the flying object, and the bomb exploded underneath the wheel of the next car, injuring two of its occupants along with a dozen spectators. On the route back to the palace, the archduke’s driver took a wrong turn into a side street, where nationalist Gavrilo Princip of Serbia was waiting. As the car backed up, Princip approached and fired his gun, striking Sophie in the abdomen and the archduke in the …show more content…

These were important because they meant that some countries had no option but to declare war if one of their allies declared war first. Here’s are the entangled alliances: 1879, The Dual Alliance - Germany and Austria-Hungary made an alliance to protect themselves from Russia. 1881, Austro-Serbian Alliance - Austria-Hungary made an alliance with Serbia to stop Russia gaining control of Serbia. 1882, The Triple Alliance - Germany and Austria-Hungary made an alliance with Italy to stop Italy form taking sides with Russia. 1894, Franco-Russian Alliance - Russia formed an alliance with France to protect herself against Germany and Austria-Hungary. 1904, Entente Cordiale - This was an agreement, but not a formal alliance, between France and Britain. 1907, Anglo-Russian Entente - This was an agreement between Britain and Russia. 1907, Triple Entente - This was made between Russia, France, and Britain to counter the increasing threat from Germany. 1914, Triple Entente (no separate peace) - Britain, Russia, and France agreed not to sign for peace

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