1 3 6 4 2 5 1. Britain 2. Germany 3. France 4. Russia 5. Austria- Hungary 6. Italy.

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1. Britain

2. Germany

3. France

4. Russia

5. Austria-Hungary

6. Italy

Trouble had been brewing in Europe for

many years.

Alliances, which were a sort of gang, had been

formed for defence.

The main two ‘gangs’ or alliances which would appear in WW1 were:

The Triple Alliance

and

The Triple Entente

WW1 was a sort of gang warfare.

What’s an Alliance???

ALLIANCE: an agreement made by two or more countries to help each other out in times of conflict (a defence agreement)

What’s an Entente?

?

ENTENTE: a friendly agreement offering protection if one of the member countries was

attacked.

Germany Austria-Hungary Italy

1879

DUAL ALLIANCE

1882

TRIPLE ALLIANCE

Germany:

Needed security

Feared France

Italy:

Humiliated by France in North Africa - weakened

Needed security

Austria-Hungary:

Large country – difficult to govern

Needed security – rivalry Balkans

Britain France Russia

1904

ENTENTE CORDIALE

1907

TRIPLE ENTENTE

BRITAIN:

Realised unsafe to be isolated after Boer War (1899-1901)

RUSSIA:

Poor and backwards

Alliance provide money and technology for industrialisation

France:

Wanted revenge against Germany

Weak country

TRIPLE ENTENTE

TRIPLE ALLIANCE

NEUTRAL FOR DURATION OF WAR

GREAT BRITAIN

FRANCE

RUSSIAGERMANY

AUSTRIA-HUNGAR

Y

ITALY