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RE: The Great War Centenary: Part One, The Tinderbox
This is a nice piece of history. A new location added to my knowledge now is Prussian. Never heard of that before now.
The alliances that were made back then...
Russia and Serbia
Germany and Austria-Hungary
France and Russia
Britain and France and Belgium
Japan and Britain
Did this also go with the war or they still hold till date.
The alliances held for the duration of the war, except for the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria, Italy), where Italy didn't join at first and made a secret pact with France to support her. Italy then joined on the side of the Allies later on.
World War 2 changed things a lot. There were two main alliances, the Allies (mainly the Western countries and the Soviet Union) and the Axis (Germany, Italy and Japan). After the war the world split along two main power blocks, the West (NATO) and the Eastern block, with the Soviet Union at its heart.