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Impact on International Relations
Impact on International Relations
Impact on International Relations
The alliance system and the conflicts in Morocco and the Balkans all contributed to increased tension in Europe.
New treaties
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).
Threats to peace
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.
1The Causes of the First World War
1.1The Alliance System
1.2Crisis in Morocco and the Balkans
1.3Anglo-German Rivalry
2The First World War: Stalemate
2.1The Schlieffen Plan
2.2The Western Front
3Ending the War
3.1Changes in the Allied Forces
3.2Military Developments in 1918
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1The Causes of the First World War
1.1The Alliance System
1.2Crisis in Morocco and the Balkans
1.3Anglo-German Rivalry
2The First World War: Stalemate
2.1The Schlieffen Plan
2.2The Western Front
3Ending the War
3.1Changes in the Allied Forces
3.2Military Developments in 1918
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