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Western Europe In The Late 19th Century

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In the late nineteenth century European nations were in a competition to see who could get overseas raw materials (Schultz, 2013). The biggest two powers were Britain and Germany. Other European nations, seeing a conflict about to start, began choosing who to become allies with. The Allied Powers were France, Russia and England. The Central Powers were Germany, Turkey and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The start of the war came after Austria’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated. The assassin was a Serbian nationalist, which caused Austria to declare war on Serbia. Once that happened Russia came to the aid of Serbia, which in turn led Germany to declare war on Russia and France. This led to England declaring war on Germany. This fight

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