Germany built up the armed forces. This is known as
Germany wanted more colonies. This is known as
Citizens were very proud of their countries and would defend their
countries.
This is known as
Britain made an agreement with France. These nations would defend each
other in the event of an attack. This is known as
These were
Europe was divided into two
called the Triple_______________ and the Triple
Members
of each alliance promised to fight for the other members if they
were attacked. It would only take a small incident to spark a war
that involved the whole of
was
Germany had been trying to build up her navy and her
empire. B
about this. Both countries
raced each other to build the best navy. There was tension
between the two countries. This cause was
The area south and south-east of
was known
as the Balkans. This whole area was very unstable. The European
Alliances had different ideas how to deal with the problems.
A
France was keen for
on Germany. The French had been
defeated in 1871 and wanted their land back! They said it had
been
from them by Germany.
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militarism
revenge
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