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The war to end all wars

Europe became two groups of countries one called the Triple Entante, which was Britain, Russia, and France they knew that they were in a good position. And they desperately wanted to weaken Germany and stop it becoming a very powerful country. The other country that was surrounded by the triple entante was Austria-Hungary and they felt, threatened by the Russians and the nationalism of the Balkans, So they made an alliance with Germany and was called the Triple alliance.
On June the 28th 1914. Gavrillo Princip who was part of a well-known terrorist group called the Black Hand, and he fired two shots at the car of Franz Ferdinand. The first killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the second killed his wife, Countess Sophia. After this event Austria-Hungary was very annoyed with Serbia and blamed them for the killing of the archduke. They accused the Serbian government of helping Princip.This annoyed Serbia because it was not actually their country. It was a small group Bosnian Se...

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