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germany's fault in ww1

development of political and military alliances caused tension and hostility among nations leading up to World War I. Two major alliance systems developed due to conflicting national interests, which had been evident during the past two decades throughout Europe. These were the “Triple Alliance” of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy and the “Triple Entente” of Britain, France and Russia. Also several smaller countries became indirectly involved in the alliances, which effectively divided Europe into two “Armed Camps”. The events that lead up to the July crisis were imperial rivalry, arms race, alliances and the Balkan wars.

But why did Germany lost the war? Why was Germany weak? After all, its armies had won on the eastern front and were winning on the western front and had very good military machinery like submarines . But Germany was experiencing severe famine, most of the people were starving and the politicians were worried. In 1918 Germany also lost the support of B...

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