Explain how the alliance system led to World War I.
The alliance system was a key factor in the outbreak of World War I. Major European powers formed alliances for protection, with the Triple Entente (France, Russia, Britain) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy) being the two most significant. These alliances made it more likely for a small conflict to escalate into a larger war and obligated countries to support their allies, leading to a full-scale war involving many major powers when a local dispute between Austria-Hungary and Serbia arose. The complex network of commitments and obligations created by the alliance
system, along with military strategies and an arms race, made it difficult to contain conflicts and led to the outbreak of World War I.
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