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describe the events leading up to world war i.
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the events leading up to world war i began with rising tensions between the nations of europe. these tensions increased when the countries of the triple entente (britain, france, russia) formed a military alliance and the countries of the triple alliance (germany, austria-hungary, italy) formed their own military alliance. tensions escalated further when the assassination of the archduke franz ferdinand of austria-hungary in 1914 by a serbian nationalist led austria-hungary to declare war on serbia. this declaration led to a chain reaction of declarations of war between the two military alliances, ultimately forming the conflict known as world war 1.
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