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EPISODE · Apr 14, 2025 · 16 MIN

What caused the First World War? 

from ActiveHistory: IBDP History

Covers such topics as:• Did the Alliance System and global diplomacy make war more likely or less likely? • How far did colonial problems create tensions between the Great Powers? • Why were problems in the Balkans so difficult for the Great Powers to solve? • How did the assassination of Franz Ferdinand lead to war? 

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Covers such topics as:• Did the Alliance System and global diplomacy make war more likely or less likely? • How far did colonial problems create tensions between the Great Powers? • Why were problems in the Balkans so difficult for the Great Powers to solve? • How did the assassination of Franz Ferdinand lead to war?

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