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By 1914, Europe was divided into two groups—the Triple Entente, or Allied Powers, made up of Britain, Russia, and France, and the alliance between Germany and Austria (Italy was a part of this group, known as the Triple Alliance, but only so on paper as they did not fully actively participate in World War I). Given each side's past rivalries resulting from wars fought in the late 19th century, it is not surprising that both sides engaged in expansive colonization as well as a competitive arms race and military expansion to prove their own superior technological and militaristic ability in the event of a war.
Moreover, as a result of the Balkan wars fought in 1912 and 1913 against the Ottomans, a group of newly independent sates including Bulgaria, Greece, and Serbia emerged. Serbia would eventually play an instrumental role in the conflict that would soon engulf the world in a matter of years; but for the time being, the opposing sides managed to stay out of it. However, as a......

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