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A FRAGILE PEACE
period of
prosperity
optimism
great tension in international relations
between 1970 and 1890
1870-1890
relations between countries
determined by Germany
German chancellor
Bismarck
designed a complex system of alliances
isolate France
wanted revenge
loss of Alsace and Lorraine
Bismarckian system
Second system (1879–1882)
Bismarck
bilateral agreement
with Austria-Hungary
Italy later
joined the agreement
forming
Triple Alliance
revived
League of the Three Emperors
Third system (1887)
German chancellor reinforced
Triple Alliance
signed the Reinsurance Treaty
with the Russian war
This treaty
guaranteed Russian neutrality
in the event of an attack
by France
Bismarck signed
Mediterranean Agreements
with
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Great Britain
Spain
First system (1872)
known as
League of the Three Emperors
alliance between
German
Russian empires
Austro-Hungarian
After the fall of Bismarck (1890)
two opposing diplomatic blocs
formed Europe
Triple Alliance
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Germany
Triple Entente
France
Russia
Great Britain
diplomatic tension
between the two blocs increased
each bloc
invested in its military
taking advantage
advances of industrialisation
This process
arms race or armed peace
extreme tension of the two cources
made the situation worse
Between 1905 and 1911
France and Germany
brink of
control of Morocco
territory that Germany
for its strategic value
raw materials it could provide
Between 1912 and 1913
two Balkan wars broke out
first
alliance of Balkan countries
declared war on the Ottoman Empire
second
former allies fought
Serbia
had the support of the Russians
benefited
conflict between Russia and Austria-Hungary
control of the Balkans
call the corresponding military alliances
consequenceclashed in World War I (1914–1918)
powers of the Triple Alliance
the Triple Entente
