The Two Alliances In World War One

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World War 1 started on July 28, 1914 when Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir of the Austria-Hungrian throne got assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, a member of the Black Hand. The Black Hand is a group who opposed Austria-Hungary taking over Bosnia. Austria-Hungary blamed Serbia for the assassination which made Serbia go to war against them. France and Russia accepted to help Serbia which made Germany go to war with Russia for sending troops to its border on August 1, 1914. Three days later Germany declared war on France and invaded Belgium to get there. In World War 1 there were two alliances, the first is called Triple Entente that has France, Russia, and Britain, the other one is called Triple Alliance, known as Central powers that has Germany,