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Military rivalries
All the powers have launched a spectacular race of armaments in anticipation of a possible war, the arms race makes the military service is prolonged to three years in these countries and that the army budget. -
Economics rivalries
The competition between companies of different nationalities to obtain millionaire contracts in third countries to finance railroads, ships ... also determine the
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Psychological causes
Some historians have pointed out the importance of the media of the time, newspapers especially, to influence the collective moods and manage public opinion. These means are also causing the increase in tension. It is believed that the increase of troops in the different armies is motivated by this climate. -
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Bismarck and European diplomacy
European powers before the First War
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Territorial rivalries
France wants the territory of Alsace and Lorraine that has been taken away by Germany in 1871. On the other hand in the Balkans they produced important shocks on the eve of the Great War and the tension between Austria and Russia is raised The clashes are they know with the name of Balkan Wars The Second Balkan War is initiated by Bulgaria in 1913 when attacking Servia, which has the Support from Greece, Romania, Montenegro and Turkey. -
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The Morrocan crisis
The crises and rivalries of the Balkans and Morocco are going to consolidate two blocks in Europe: Allied Germany of Austria, Hungary and Russia allied with France. -
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The imbroglio of the Balkans
Internationally two great powers have territorial ambitions on the
zone: Russia that wants an exit to the Mediterranean and
supports Servia, and Austria-Hungary that has been left without
colonies and pretends to extend towards the south. The
rivalries between these last two would increase and
between 1908 and 1909. This rivalry between Russia and Austria will be one of the causes of the War. -
Franz Ferdinand died
The trigger of the Great War: the murder in Sarajevo of Archduke Francisco Fernando heir to the Austrian Crown. -
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FIRST WORLD WAR
War broke out in August, but tension had been building in Europe since 1900.
