CASES OF WW1
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World War One
There were many reasons as to why ww1 began. The long term causes were imperial and economic rivalry between britain and germany. Britain was jealous of germany because germany's strength was growing- it was producing more iron and steel than Britain. Germanys navy was growing and its empire was expanding. germany was jealous of britains empire and wealth. it also feared the fact that unfriendly countries (france and russia) were on its eastern and western borders.
because of all this rivalry, Britain decided to make an alliance with france and russia. this was called the ''triple entente''. this meant that if any country tried to attack them, the rest of the entente wouldbackthem up. Germany already had an alliance called the ''triple alliance'' with italy and austria-hungary (then 2 countries...