How Did The Triple Alliance Cause Ww1

From 1870 to 1910, countries around Europe had been making deals to work together as some countries were growing more powerful and looking threatening. Some countries stayed out of it, hoping the heat would pass, but in 1914, WW1 started and the alliance system was one of the main reasons for the outbreak.
The first alliance was made in 1879, 35 years before the outbreak. It was between rising power Germany and the Austro-Hungarian empire. It was so Germany could think about attacking other countries to get more land. After that Italy joined forces with Germany and Hungary which led to the triple alliance being formed. Soon after, France and Russia met an agreement. This was vital and clever because if Germany invaded France, Russia could invade Germany from the other front. And that is the worst situation possible, having to defend from two sides. In 1907, Great Britain joined Russia and
In 1900, Russia had the largest army with one million men in their ranks. The triple entente had far more men than the triple alliance at the time, but as war grew nearer, Germany and Hungary both gained in massive amounts. The race for arms was a domino effect. When one country increased its army, the other countries felt they had to to protect themselves and keep the balance of power. Britain had the largest navy in the world and the Germans felt they should be as powerful on the sea as well so they steadily started building up their navy. In in 4 years they had built only three less battleships than the British. But in the years, that followed, with the threat of war imminent, Britain started to mass produce their warships and destroyers. During the first two years of war, boats were not used as much as the British expected, but towards the end they were vital for the British, because they could halt Germany advancing on them or other neutral countries by controlling ports and