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the alliances that existed between various groups of European countries. The dispute that started the war originally involved only Austria and Serbia. But the Serbs called upon their Russian allies, and the Russians were in turn allied with France. The Austrians were allied with Germany. The Germans were perpetually afraid of being attacked from both east (France) and west (Russia), and therefore preemptively attacked France, hoping to defeat her before Russia could concentrate her far-flung army for an attack on Germany. Great Britain also sent its army to aid France.

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