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How did alliances lead to the start of World War I?

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User Alex Dzeiko
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Austria-Hungary and Germany were alined and they were becoming a little too powerful so other countries formed and it began the war due to all the tension.
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The alliance system meant that the countries were obligated to help other Allie’s so, if one declared war the others had to do the same
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