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05 A FRAGILE PEACE
After the fall of Bismarck, in 1890, two opposing diplomatic blocs formed in Europe
Triple Entente (Russia, France and Great Britain)
Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy)
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each bloc invested in its military, taking advantage of the advances of industrialisation
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late 19th century was a period of prosperity and optimism, but also of great tension in international relations because of territorial expansionism
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Between 1870 and 1890, relations between countries were determined by Germany
German chancellor, Bismarck, designed the Bismarckian system in order to isolate France
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Bismarckian system
3 stages
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Third system (1887)
German chancellor reinforced the Triple Alliance and signed the Reinsurance Treaty with the Russian tsar
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Bismarck also signed the Mediterranean Agreements with Great Britain, Italy, Austria-Hungary and Spain
First system (1872)
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alliance between the Austro-Hungarian, German and Russian empires
conflict between Russia and Austria-Hungary for control of the Balkans would call the corresponding military alliances into action
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