What the fuck was going on with the alliences in prior to and

Diplomacy as we currently understood it didn't really exist. It was all clock and dagger back room stuff where nobody knew nuffin.

It's almost like nations are led by their self-interest

>>2644831
After Bismark was kicked out, Germany basically pursued a pro-Austrian, anti-Russian foreign policy.

After the Second Balkan War, Bulgaria wanted revenge on Serbia and Montenegro.

Video related:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_o1lRQUnM8

Italy, nominally allied with Germany and Austria, actually wanted Austrian-held Dalmatia and to control the Adriatic Sea.

I'm still unclear as to how Russia became allied with France and Britain.

>>2644831
tldr
Germany fucked everything up by breaking it's alliance with Russia.
Everyone adjusted.

>>2645805
>>2645805
Austria and Russia's interests were diametrically opposed. Germany had to choose between the two, the result was they chose Austria. As a result Russia couldn't ally with Austria or Germany, and this left France as their ally.

There was also benefits to being allied with France since France could give huge loans to Russia while Germany didn't want to do the same thing (they withdrew their loans in the 1880s, and France replaced them, the Germans wanted the money back for their own internal investments).

Britain joined the game by getting involved in the entente with France, which eventually morphed into the triple entente in 1907. There are two main schools of thought on this matter; the first views the Germans as being strong, and hence it resulted in the British deciding to ally against them to maintain the balance of power. This especially correlates to the Russian defeat against Japan, which exposed fundamental weaknesses in the Tsarist regime and made them look vulnerable, and tensions were starting to build as the Russians rebuilt. The second views the French and Russians as presenting a more dangerous threat to the British colonial empire and hence the British allying with them to prevent the crippling cost of a war from happening. Regardless in either situation the initial entente was developed with France which eventually led to the triple entente with Russia.

>>2644831
>He thinks that nation's diplomatic policies don't change in the seventy years and hence the Crimean war is relevant
no wonder why you're an anime poster

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>>2645878
>calling people "anime posters"

Is there a better way to identify reddifags?

>>2645955
go back to /a/ weeb

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>>2645967
You go back to r*ddit, you r*dditor nigger.

>not having respect for the site's culture and history on a history board