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Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Serbia in the months before the war. Tensions escalated among the world superpowers of the time (Great Britain, France, Germany, Russia, Austro-Hungarian Alliance) and all five empires wished to assert their dominance. The powers fell into alliances (Britain, France, Russia vs Germany, Austo-Hungary) and the Great War began.

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