What two large alliances took shape before the beginning of World War I?

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Noah Wilkes
Jun 2, 2016

The Triple Entente (France, Britain, and Russia) and the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria, and Italy) were formed before World War I.

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I'm not too knowledgable about this era, but I believe the Triple Entente was formed to counteract the Triple Alliance. These alliances were the two main parties in World War I. World War I started when a Serbian nationalist shot and killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand,. This resulted in war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia, which soon dragged in the rest of the nations.

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