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In August 1914 Great Britain declared war on Germany. The war started because many European countries hated each other.
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WORLD WAR ONE HOW IT ALL BEGAN: In August 1914 Great Britain declared war on Germany. The war started because many European countries hated each other. In 1870 there was a war between France and Germany. Germany won and took Alsace and Loraine from France. The French were angry and decieded to take them back. Turkey was growing weaker and so Russia were hoping they might be able to take Constantinople. Austria-Hungary was a friend with Turkey and so they didn't want Russia to take Constantinople. This meant that Austria-Hungary and Russia were enemys. This meant that some countries were friends like France and Russia, also like Austria-Hungary and Germany. Britain had grown to dislike Germany because the ruler of Germany was very jealous of the British Empire. Germany also had a very powerful fleet of warships, which might have been able to beat the Royal Navy. The war started because...
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