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In 1882 Germany, Italy and Austria Hungary come together in the Triple Alliance -
In 1907 France, Grait Britain and Russia formed the Triple Entente -
The alliance between Germany and Austria-Hungary at the start of World War I is also commonly known as the “blank check assurance.” In July 1914, during a meeting between members of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, the Ambassador to Berlin, the German Emperor and the German Chancellor, Germany offered Austria-Hungary unconditional support in the wake of the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. -
On June 29, 1914, the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand in the bakans, created an international crisisi, ignitng European powder kig -
After the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the Austro-Hungarian government declared war on Serbia, which was supported by Russia. -
On August 1, Germany declares war on Russia, thus beginning the First World War. -
Germany destroyed U.S. ships to prevent resources from reaching Britain, which angered the U.S. and they considered entering the war -
Arthur Zimmerman had a plan: ask Mexico to declared the war to U.S, then Germany sent a message in a secret code to Mexico asking him to declare war on the United States in exchange for recovering the territory that the U.S took away from him. But Great Britain intercepted it, deciphered it and sent it to the United States -
On April 4, 1917 the United States enters to the World War 1, this because of the ships that Germany attacked, and because of the message that Germany sent to Mexico -
On November 11, 1918, the first mindial war ended. Five treaties ended the war, bur the Treaty of Versalles with Germany was the most important, The Treaty called for Germany and Austria to pay for all damges incurred by the Allies, they took territory from Germany, and also had to reduce the number of its soldiers and weapons, this to avoid another war, however it was the cause number one of the Second World War.