World War I: the Beginning, causes, US involvement, and the course of the war
In the late 1800's the chancellor of Germany, Otto von Bismarck created a secret defensive alliance called the three empires alliance. Germany, Austria, and Italy banded together in case of a war with France. In the Beginning Russia was part of this pact but later pulled out. Bismarck kept the alliance together but he was powerless to what would happen next.
A new German Kaiser brought an end to this early Alliance. Kaiser William II fired Bismarck and dissolved the three empires alliance. …
