WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
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Britain, France, and Russia
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Morocco, Poland, and the Ottoman Empire
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Triple Alliance, secret agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy formed in May 1882 and renewed periodically until World War I. Germany and Austria-Hungary had been closely allied since 1879. Italy sought their support against France shortly after losing North African ambitions to the French.
Detailed explanation-2: -A defensive Dual Alliance system between Austria-Hungary and Germany was formed to counter the potential Russian Aggression. Later in 1882, Italy joined the agreement which came to be known as the triple alliance.
Detailed explanation-3: -Europe was thus dominated by two power blocs, the Triple Entente: France, Russia and Britain, and the Triple Alliance: Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.