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Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in June of 1914. After much hand-wringing and indecision on the proper response, <u><em>Austria-Hungary</em></u> declared war on Serbia in August of 1914. Europe was entangled in a series of complicated alliances that involved both Serbia and Austria. Serbia was allied with <u><em>Russia</em></u>, which was allied with <u><em>France</em></u>. While <u><em>Britain</em></u> was in agreement with, but not yet in a formal alliance with France, Austria and its ally <u><em>Germany</em></u> formed the Central Powers, and by the end of August 1914 all these nations were at war.
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World War I was the first conflict to involve all the world, and because of that, everything related to alliances was completely new. For the most part, the first year of the war was so complicated that even the generals and leaders didn't understand it. Each country formed its alliances based on proximity, trade, culture or something that was correlated or to achieve a certain goal such as territory or goods.
One major factor of Japan's economic success was its early encounter to the technology and trade of Europe.
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Freedom Day is a public holiday in South Africa celebrated on 27 April.
According to Confucius, a leader should behave as a slave towards me.
By 1914 the major European powers had split into two Alliance comprising of; Tripple Entente which comprised of Britain, France, and Russia, while, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy formed the Tripple Alliance. Alliances shifted during World War 1 on the western front when Italy betrayed its Allies, Germany and Austria when it attacked Austria in 1915 when it joined the Triple Entente. Bulgaria later joined the central powers, while Britain asked, India, Arabs, New-Zealand, and Australia to help in attacking the Ottoman empire. Towards the end of the war, the United States joined the Triple Alliance and declared war on Germany on 6th April 1917.
