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Bismarck was appointed Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Prussia by Kaiser Wilhem I
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Bismarck manufactured war on Austria over debated territory in the liability of Holstein; which then resulted in the 'Seven Week War' which of course, lasted for seven weeks.
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Bismarck tried to put a Hohenzollern price on the throne in Spain, which Napoleon III objected to
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Bismarck turned up the political heat by releasing a changed version of a telegram supposedly from Kaiser Wilhem to Bismarck, called the Ems Telegram. The effect of the telegram was suppose to insult both France and Prussia about they're inability to resolve the debate over the Spanish throne
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Napoleon III reacted to the Elms Telegram by declaring war on Austria
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A little bit after Napoleon III lost the battle of Sedan, Prussia led a seige on Paris, starving the city into surrender.
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The assassination of Archduke Fraz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austria-Hungary empire, and his wife is what set the whole war in motion.
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Russia was obliged to Serbia by treaty announced it's deployment of its army in an act of defense that took 6 weeks to complete.
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Austria-Hungary was unhappy with Serbia's responce to the ultimatum, and then declared war on Serbia.
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Germany was allied ot Austria-Hungary by treaty, and saw the Russian deployment as an act of war and declared war on Russia.
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Declared neutrality that lasted until 1917
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Although Italy was allied ot both Austria-Hungary and Germany, Italy said that they would only join in the case of a defensive war, arguing that this was a offensive war and declared neutrality; this neutrality only lasted for about a year.
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France was bound by treaty to Russia, and joined the war against Germany and Austria-Hungary following the German declaration.
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Britain was allied to France, and then so declared war against Germany; Britains joining the war also meant that her colonies and others offered military and financial aid, which included Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, and the Union of South Africa.
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Japan, honoring a military agreement with britian, declared war on Germany.
