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Why did Germany declare war immediately after Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia?

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Threatened by Serbian ambition in the tumultuous Balkans region of Europe, Austria-Hungary determined that the proper response to the assassinations was to prepare for a possible military invasion of Serbia.

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