World War I, was a military conflict from 1914 to 1918 which involved nearly all the big powers of the world. Before World War I started many alliances were made. First in May 1882 Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary signed the Triple Alliance, in 1883 Rumania and Austria-Hungary signed a secret alliance. In 1890 Germany allowed the Reinsurance Treaty signed with Russia to lapse, in 1894 France and Russia signed a defensive alliance, in 1902 Britain and Japan signed a defensive alliance, in 1904 Britain and France signed the ‘Entente Cordiale’ after settling colonial differences. In 1907 after the Triple Alliance was renewed for a further six year, Russia and Britain signed a convention hat, with france, led to the Triple Entente. When World War I started there were two big alliances. By 1914, the six major powers of Europe were split into two alliances, which would form the two warring sides in World War One. Britain, France and Russia were in the Triple Entente, while Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy were in the Triple Alliance. The British and French had been enemies for centuries and had a long history of wars against each other. …show more content…
Italy switched sides in 1915 affecting Austria-Hungary. Russia and Serbia had a special ethnic tie because both countries had Slavic populations. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia in July 1914. Serbia Shared frontier with Austria-Hungary such as Russia, so if Austria-Hungary attacked Serbia, Russia would go into defense and on the other hand was Germany, if Russia attacked Austria-Hungary, Germany would attack Russia, and if that happened, France and United Kingdom would attack Germany and that is practically how World War I began. Everyone was pointing someone else. The peace of Europe was