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The Alliance System was one of the main causes of The Great War. These alliances were made prior to the war. There were two alliances formed between six countries. One of the alliances formed was between Britain, France, and Russia and they were the Allied Powers. At first Britain and France formed an alliance and Russia and Britain formed an alliance. Not till later did Russia and France become allies and they formed the Entente to keep away from conflict. Later, the United States got involved and joined the allies. The other alliance was the Central Powers which was made up of Italy, Germany, and Austria-Hungary. People thought that if Germany and Austria-Hungary never allied, there would have been no war at all. The Alliance a System did not just include these countries, it made plenty of other countries surrounding these territories get involved too. The Alliance System was very important because those were the sides that were fighting against each other. The first alliance that was formed was because of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. Serbia was the country that was responsible for this assassination and that is why Austria declared war and so the alliances started to form.

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