First World War By Clara.Silveyra 1870 Germany takes over Alsace Lorraine 1882 Triple Alliance Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy 1898 The Kaiser orders the building of a new navy 1900 Arms race 1900-1914 1904 Entente Cordiale 1906 1st Dreadnought 1907 Triple Entente Britain, France, Russia 1914 Murder of the Arch. Franz Ferdinand 1914 WW1 1914-1918