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Austro-Serbian Alliance Austria-Hungary made an alliance with Serbia to stop Russia gaining control of Serbia.
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The triple alliance:
Was conformed by Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy. In an alliance each member promises to help the other members if they are attacked.
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The German Kaiser ordered the building of a large navy wich soon became the world`s second largest fleet. Britain`s was the largest.
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One of the most significant couses of tension in Europe was the naval rivalry wich developed after 1900
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Between 1900 and 1914 various incidents took place wich gradually raised the tempeture in Europe: MOROCCO
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France and Britain had reached a number of agreements about colonies in North Africa in 1904
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Russia lost a war with Japan
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In 1912 to 1913 there was a series of local wars
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When war broke out across Europe it was greeted with enthusiasm. Everyone agreed it would all be over by Christmas (with a magnificent victory of course). The population of Europe were gripped by a war fever. Newspapers and magazines filled their minds with images og brave young men charging on horseback or heroic soldiers putting the enemy to flight.
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Austria declared war to Serb on 28 July 1914
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Russia get out of the war
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Paris Peace Conference 1919 Although representatives of thirty-two states attended the Peace Conference at Paris in January 1919 to write the peace treaties, three men stood out above others: Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, Clemenceau, the Prime Minister of France, and Lloyd George, Prime Minister of Britain. These came to be known as the Big Three, for they eventually made all the decisions of the Conference.
