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The Great Powers Of Europe Before 1914
 * Great Britain was the country with the largest of all overseas empire. The empire includes India, Canada, much of Africa as well as the homeland. The ruler during this time was King George V.
 * Germany was a new and powerful country ruled by Kaiser Wilhelm the second. He had the ambition to make Germany a leading world power.
 * Russia was a huge country and had a huge population. The ruler was Tsar Nicholas II but since the majority of the people were poor they were eager to rebel.
 * Austria-Hungary was an empire with many discontented races ruled by Emperor Franz Joseph.
 * France was a powerful republic with a large oversea empire. The President was Raymond Poincare.

Alliances Made During the 35 Years From 1914.
 * 1879 - The Dual Alliance ( Germany and Austria-Hungary)
 * 1882 - The Triple Alliance ( Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary)
 * 1892 - The Franco-Russian Alliance ( France and Russia)
 * 1904 - The Entente Cordiale ( Britain and France)
 * The Triple Entente ( Britain, France, and Russia)

Timeline That Led Up To 1914

Planning For War At Sea Planning For War On Land The Moroccan Crises
 * 1900 - The German Navy Law ordered the building of 100 new warships.
 * 1905 - HMS Dreadnought was launched, making all other battleships out of date.
 * 1906-1914 - the HMS Dreadnought started a Naval Race between Britain and Germany and Britain tried to maintain a 'two-power standard" while Germany followed the "Risk Theory".
 * 1914 - britain had twenty-nine Dreadnought class battleships while Germany had seventeen.
 * 1905 - The Schlieffen Plan (German) aimed to avoid a war on two fronts by defeating France in six weeks and then later attacking Russia.
 * 1906 - Haldane began improving the British army. He set up the Expeditionary Force, a Territorial Army and OTC's.
 * 1913 - Plan Eleven (French) was for an all-out attack on the "lost provinces" of Alsace and Lorraine.
 * 1905 - The Tangier Crisis happened and Britain and France stood firm against German Threats during the Algeciras Conference.
 * 1906 - Ageciras Conference.
 * 1911 - The Agadir Crisis almost stated a war when the German warship Panther was set to Agadir, making the British fear that their rival naval base in Gibratar was under threat.