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Impact on International Relations

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Impact on International Relations

The alliance system and the conflicts in Morocco and the Balkans all contributed to increased tension in Europe.

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New treaties

  • These crises revealed that the European powers were tied together by their various treaties and that Europe was increasingly becoming divided into two camps.
    • The Triple Entente (Great Britain, France and Russia) versus the Triple Alliance (Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary).
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Threats to peace

  • In particular, the tensions between Russia and Austria-Hungary were becoming a threat to peace.
  • Serbia’s opposition to Austria-Hungary was also a threat to peace.
  • When conflict did come, it was inevitable that all the Great Powers would be dragged into war because of the obligations to their alliances.

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1The Causes of the First World War

2The First World War: Stalemate

3Ending the War

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