Germany, Italy, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire made an alliance to balance against Russian and French expansion.

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Con: Germany's blank cheque support for Austria-Hungary was not based on alliances, but a strategic calculation that the outbreak of war would be in their interests.

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Pro: The agreements between the Alliance countries required them to go to war to defend each other. This is what underpinned Germany's support for Austria-Hungary in the July Crisis.

What caused World War One?

Germany, Italy, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire made an alliance to balance against Russian and French expansion.

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The agreements between the Alliance countries required them to go to war to defend each other. This is what underpinned Germany's support for Austria-Hungary in the July Crisis.

Germany's blank cheque support for Austria-Hungary was not based on alliances, but a strategic calculation that the outbreak of war would be in their interests.

Selected claim, supporting its parent

Germany, Italy, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire made an alliance to balance against Russian and French expansion.

Pro claim 1

The agreements between the Alliance countries required them to go to war to defend each other. This is what underpinned Germany's support for Austria-Hungary in the July Crisis.

Con claim 1

Germany's blank cheque support for Austria-Hungary was not based on alliances, but a strategic calculation that the outbreak of war would be in their interests.