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War causes
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The Franco-German war
(1870-1871). The victories of Prussia in 1866 over the Austrians and their German allies (see Seven Weeks' War) rendered it evident to the statesmen and soldiers of France that a struggle between the two nations could only be a question of time. -
German empire was formed
germany, the austro-hungrian empire and Italy came together ready for war. -
Austro-German alliance
(1879) pact between Austria-Hungary and the German Empire in which the two powers promised each other support in case of attack by Russia, and neutrality in case of aggression by any other power. -
Triple Ententie was formed
The Entente Powers were the countries at war with the Central Powers during World War I. The members of the Triple Entente were the United Kingdom, France, and the Russian Empire; Italy entered the war on the Entente in 1915. -
balkan war
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The second Albanian crissis.
Back in 1908 Russian Foreign Minister Alexander Izvolsky and Foreign Minister of Austria Aloi Aehrenthal got together at Buchlau in what is now the Czech Republic in order to come up with a secret plan of support -
Franz ferdinhan and his wife were shot dead by a serbian student.
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austro-hungrian empire declares war on serbia
After franz was killed the Austro-hungrian empire was not happy so one month later they declared war. -
Germany declares war on France.
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Second battle of Ypres
22nd April 1915
The Second Battle of Ypres begins. Poison gas is used for the first time by Germans in an attack on the Canadian sector. -
British forces surrender to Turkish forces at Kut in Mesopotamia.
British forces get outnumbered and have to surrender to the turkish
