Roles Of The Alliance System In World War One

Unity is a complex word, enough of it can help make you stronger and too much of it may turn the tables on you, and we can clearly see who becomes stronger and who weaker. The alliance system was a major component of World War I, and there were three main parts of this system the neutral countries, the triple alliance, and the triple entente. The alliance system rapidly escalated a strictly limited war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia. Why? Because what started with two countries turned out to be a full-blown war involving around eight countries. That quadruples the amount of time, lives, money, food, supplies and so much more that were lost. It seems that each country fought this war for their own benefits not for everyone's benefit, and a fist is
An alliance is a union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations its like a relationship based on an empathy in interests, nature, or qualities. German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck started the alliance system in 1871, to maintain Germany's control on the European continent. Since, Germany had defeated France and took over two French provinces. Bismarck wanted to isolate France and befriend the other countries like Austria, Russia, Italy, and Britain so France wouldn't be able to challenge or declare war. However, he was only able to diplomatically isolate France by forming leagues called Dreikaiserbund in 1872, Dual Alliance in 1879, Second Dreikaiserbund in 1881, and eventually the Triple Alliance in 1882. But rivalries between the countries broke up most of these alliances and created an unstable alliance. Later, Italy split from the alliance, by creating a secret alliance with France, and slowly became part of the entente. Bismarck had wisely maintained the friendship of Russia, Austria, and Italy, where Germany was backed up against Russia by Austria and against France by Italy. Therefore, avoiding fighting war on both the east and west