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128: The Causes of World War I (From the Congress of Vienna to Franz Ferdinand & the Marne)
History That Doesn't Suck
Britain and France's Entente Coldie Ad
In 1904, the almost unthinkable happens. Britain and France sign an agreement. And entente coldie ad. It puts to bed conflicts that these two massive colonial empires have around the world. Another once thought unthinkable twist comes in 1907. While not spilling into Europe, not really, the two powers have been at each other's throats for the better part of a century in Central Asia. The next year, in 1908, the Austrian Empire annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina outright. Within a month, a young Bosnian Serb finds himself face to face with the Austro-Hungarian empire's air presumptive on a street in Sarajevo. This is the July crisis.
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