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Otto Von Bismarck, prussia's chancellor, used war to unify Germany.
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Growing rivalries and mistrusts led to the creation of several military alliances.
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France lost island Alsace-Lorraine to Germany in this war.
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After 1871 Otto Von Bismarck declared Germany as a "satisfied Power" and turned his energies in mantaining peace in Europe.
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Bismrack formed a dual alliance between Germany and Austria-Hungary.
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Bismarck made a treaty with Russia in which Russia assure it will not allie with France but the treaty did not assure military support between the two nations.
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Italy joind the dual alliance with Germany and Austria-hungary forming a triple alliance.
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Wilhelm let the treaty with Russia to lapse.
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Kaiser Wilhelm II, ruler of Germany, forced Bismarck to resign.
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In response to the broken treaty with Germany, Russia made a defensive military alliance with France.
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Militarism made citizens feel patriotic, however it also frightened somo people. Frèdèric Passy expressed a concern.
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Both the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente could draw all nations of Europe into war.
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Great Britain formed a triple entente with France and Russia.
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All the great powers exept Britain had large standing armies, Britain intead had a great navy.
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were killed in Sarajevo by a serbian memeber of "The Black hand" a secret society formed to ridding Bosnia of Austrian rule.
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Austria decided to punish Serbians with an ultimatum containing several demands.
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Austria rejected Serbia's negotiations and declared war. Therefore Russia took actions and orderd the mobilization of troops towards the Austrian border.