Tag: wwi
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History of the First World War. II.
The Italian government entered secret negotiations with the belligerents to determine how territorial concessions could be acquired. These discussions resulted in Austria-Hungary spurning Italian demands for territory on nationalistic lines in exchange for neutrality, since these would undermine the multinational basis of the empire, as well as potentially result in neighbouring states, including Romania…
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History of Germany and the Outbreak of the First World War
The British Entente Cordiale with France in 1904, and the subsequent agreement with Russia in 1907 resolving potential disputes, thus composed a Triple Entente that was directly opposed to Germany and its allies. The German fleet building, aimed at protect the German coastlines against the Russian and French fleets, as well as protecting its overseas…