1. The German/Austro-Hungary Alliance

2. BRIEF HISTORY
IN AUSTRIA HUNGARY TOOK ARMS AGAINST RUSSIA AND THE BALKANS
AT THE CONGRESS OF BERLIN, RUSSIA WAS FORCED TO SIGN THE TRATY OF BERLIN WHICH SPLIT BULGARIA INTO THREE PARTS AND PUT BOSNIA AND HERZEGONAIA UNDER AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN MILITARY CONTROL
RUSSIA FEL HUMILIATED AND TURNED AGAINST BLISMARK WHO HEADED THE CONGRESS
GERMANY CHOSE TO SIDE WITH AUSTRIA FOR THREE REASONS
THEY PREFERRED A WEAKER ALLY THAT THEY COULD CONTROL
IT WOULD OPEN THE DANUBE VALLEY TO GERMANY
AUSTRIA HAD RACIAL TIES WITH GERMANY
THIS BECAME KNOWN AS THE DUAL ALLIANCE

3. TERMS OF THE ALLIANCE
ON OCTOBER , OTTO VON BISMARK MADE THE DUAL ALLIANCE
THE TERMS OF THE ALLIANCE WERE ASW FOLLOWS
EACH WOULD SUPPORT THE OTHER SHOULD RUSSIA OR ONE OF HER ALIIES ATTACK EITHER OF THEM
EACH WOULD AGREE TO REMAIN NEUTRAL IF A POWER OTHER THAN RUSSIA ATTACKED ONE OF THEM
THE ALLIANCE WAS RENEWED ON 5 YEAR INTERVALS

4. TERMS OF THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE
ON MAY THEY WERE JOINED BY THE KINGDOM OF ITALY TO FORM THE TRIPLE ALLICE
IF ITALY OR GERMANY WAS ATTACKED BY FRANCE, EACH WOULD AID EACH OTHER
IF AUSTRIA-HUNGARY WAS ATTACKED BY RUSSIA, ITALY WOULD REMAIN NEUTRAL
IF ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE ALLIANCE WAS ATTACKED BY TWO OR MORE OTHER COUNTRIES, THE OTHER MEMBERS WERE TO COME TO THEIR AID
BOTH AUSTRIA AND GERMANY AGREED THAT IN NO CASE WOULD THE TREATY OPERATE AGAINST BRITAIN

5. BEGINNING OF THE WAR
ALLIANCES WERE MADE IN SECRET, SO THEY PRODUCED A LOT OF DISTRUST AND SUSPICION AMONG THE EUROPEAN POWERS
BEFORE 1910, THE ALLIANCES WERE ONLY FOR DEFENSE, BUT MANY WERE SO ALTERED THAT THEY BECAME AGGRESSIVE ALLIANCES
JUNE 28, 1914, BOSNIAN, GAVRILO PRINCIP ASSASINATED ARCDUKE FRANZ FERDINARD OF AUSTRIA
A PERIOD OF DIPLOMATIC MANOEUVERING CALLED THE JULY CRISIS BEGAN BETWEEN ASUTRIA-HUNGARY, GERMANY, RUSSIA, FRANCE AND G.BRITAIN
JULY 28, 1914, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY DECLARED WAR ON SERBIA
THE NEXT DAY, RUSSIA ORDERED A MOBILIZATION
THE GERMANS BEGAN MOBILIZING TROOPS ON JULY 30, AND WAS MIRRORED BY THE FRENCH
ON AUGUST 1, GERMANY DECLARED WAR ON RUSSIA
3 DAYS LATER THE U.K. DECLARED WAR ON GERMANY, THUS BEGINNING THE FIRST WORLD WAR

6. MILITARY LEADERS AUSTRIA HUNGARY GERMAN EMPIRE
FRANZ JOSEPH I-EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA-HUNGARY
KARL I-EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA HUNGARY
CONRAD VON HOTZENDORF-CHIEF OF AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN GENERAL STAFF
ARTHUR VON STRAUSSENBURG-CHIEF OF AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN GENERAL STAFF
ANTON HAUS-COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN NAVY
MAXIMILIAN NJEGOVAN-COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN NAVY
GERMAN EMPIRE
WILHELM II-GERMAN EMPEROR
ERICH VON FALKENHAYN-CHIEF OF THE GERMAN GENERAL STAFF
PAUL VON HINDENBURG-CHIEF OF THE GERMAN GENERAL STAFF
REINHARD SCHEER-COMMANDER OF THE IMPERIAL HIGH SEAS FLEET
ERICH LUDENDORFF-DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE GERMAN ARMY
OTTO LIMAN VON SANDERS-GERMAN ARMY ADVISOR TO THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
PAUL ERICH VON LETTOW-VORBECK-COMMENDER OF EAST AFRICA CAMPAIGN
HERMANN VON FRANCOIS-GERMAN ARMY GENERAL

7. Austria-Hungary Empire
Statistics
Battle Deaths
Wounded
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Casualties
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Austria-Hungary Empire

8. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Poon, H. (2007). Alliance System/System of Alliances. Retrieved September 19, 2010, from The Corner:
Duffy, M. (2010, May 22). Primary Documents-Triple Alliance, 20 May Retrieved September 20, 2010, from firstworldwar.com: