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France lost Alsace-Lorraine and had to pay reparations to Prussia - motivated for revenge/protection
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A unified Germany is made official at Versailles
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Austria-Hungary and Germany
Otto von Bismarck viewed the treaty as way to prevent German isolation -
Italy joins A-H and Germany
Russia and France become concerned due to geographical threat -
He wanted to find Germany a "a place in the sun" through aggression if necessary
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Signed in response to Kaiser Wilhelm's apparent desire to align with Austria
Russia wanted to avoid isolation against a unified Germany and Austria-Hungary
France and Russia agreed to give military support to each other should Germany invade one of them -
Germany officially states their intentions to compete with Britain in naval development
They sign several more laws to this effect through 1912 -
Intended to protect Japanese and English interests in Korea and China - directed against Russian expansion
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France discouraged from joining the war on Russia's side due to Japan's ties with Britain
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Britain and France come to agreement of colonial concerns in Africa
Join together against German threat -
Kaiser Wilhelm II declares his support for Moroccan independence from France
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Intended to end the First Moroccan Crisis
France gets a controlling interest in Morocco but must consult other European powers before expanding -
Settled colonial disputes between Russia and Britain
Germany begins to feel geographically threatened -
Britain, France, Russia
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Stressed A-H relations with Serbia and therefore Russia - further collapse of the Ottoman empire caused anxiety
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Agedir Incident - Germany responds aggressively to France's attempt to expand influence in Morocco
Algeciras Conference agreed France needed to consult Germany beforehand -
The Balkan league successfully went to war with the Ottomans over territorial interests
The Ottoman Empire lost most of its remaining European territories -
The victors of the First Balkan War went to war with each other over the division of Macedonia
Austria backed Bulgarian interests, angering Serbia -
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Germany pledges unconditional support to A-H in its conflict with Serbia
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Put the burden on avoiding war on Serbia - Serbia accepted some of the demands but not all 10
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Russia reacts to protect the Slavs of Serbia, something they see as their duty
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Russia assures Germany it is not against them
Reaction to A-H aggression against Serbia -
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Belgium refuses to let German troops pass so they enter by force
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Germany claims it was the French airforce which had bombed Nuremburg
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