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German leaders were not happy with the fact that they did not have as many colonies as France and Britain
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Third to England and France, Germany is the most powerful nation
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After Austria-Hunagarys defeat it accepted Germanys rule
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Germany, Russia, and Austria Hungary form theThree emperors alliance
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Mongolia had recently become independent of China
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Russia began making moves to expand to Asia and Britain felt threatened by this
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Russias first link to Europe and Asia -
The U.S did this as a buisness move make them a more powerful nation -
Russia and Japan go to war over the resource heavy areas and it ended badly for russia when other nations stepped in and gave Manchuria back to China and Korea back to Japan.
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France aided Russia with money and convinced them to Join TheTriple Entente along with Britain
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After gaining control of Korea it became a Japanese colony
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Political unrest in the Balkans caused a wat with the Serbs and Austria Hungary
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Almost every nation in Europe took part in this war. -
Germany surpassed Britain to become Europe’s leading industrial power. -
Austria Hungary began making moves against Serbia and these ignited the war
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On the western front Trench warfare began and many lives were lost.
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Britain, France, Russia, and their partners were known as the Allied Powers and all joined the war
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After 4 years over 21 million people died -
By this time the war had slowed down and nations started pulling out.
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Germany was collapsing from the inside and were forced to stop the fighting and they signed an agreement that would change there nation for decades to come.
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Of the 65 million men who fought in the war, some 8.5 million were killed and another 21 million wounded