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Bismarcks decides to begin brainstorming ideas to create German Empire
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Bismarck declares war with Austria over territory. War is known as the 7 weeks war, ended with the dominece of the Prussian military
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Bismarck was determined to gain the same amount of control in the south that he had in the north, but he needed a real reason for war, so on July 14, 1870, he constructed the Ems Telegram which was written to insult both France and Prussia
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Five days after the Ems Telegram was sent out, Nepolean III declared war against Prussia.
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Prussian forces led Paris into starvation by cutting off all routes to supplies between September 1870-January 1871
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Bismarck needed alliances, so he negotiated with the Three Emperors League, which tied Austria-Hungary, Russia, and Germany to each other’s aid in the time of war.
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Formed after Russia drops from the Three Emperors League, in 1878, with Austria-Hungary
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Lasted from 1882-1914 when war began, alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy against Russia& France
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Russia and France agreed that if they were attacked by the Triple Alliance, they would come to eachother in military aid
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Britian makes and alliance with Japan in early 20th centery,
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Japanese launched an attack on Russian warships in Koreaa
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Britan signed the Entente Cordiale with France this agreement settled many smaller disagrements, this agreement however did not force the countries to come to eachothers aid in a time of war
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Japan destroyed a large amount of the Russians at the battle of Tsushima
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After Turkey finished it's war with Italy, it found itself at war again with smaller nations such as Greece, Serbia, and Buligra
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Turkey lost this war being forced to give over Rhodes, Libya, and he Dodecancese Islands to the Italians
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Buligara was not satified with it's earlier wins, so they then began to fight with there allies in attept ot control a greater portion of Macedonia
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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia after assination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The war begins.
