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'However, the course celebrations that accompanied the British and French contract bridge of war furtheste gives historians the impression that the move was touristy and politicians tend to go with the popular mood. Was such(prenominal) done to avoid the start of the war? By 1914, europium had divided into ii camps. The twain-fold Alliance was Germ whatsoever, Italy and Austria-Hungary. The Triple entente cordiale wasBritain, France and Russia. The exclusivelyiance between Germany and Austria was natural. Both r the same language †German †and had a similar culture. In previous centuries, they had twain been part of the same empire †the holy place Roman Empire.Austria was in political scuffle in the south-east of Europe †the Balkans. She required the aptitude of Germany to back her up if move got worse. Italy had Joined these countries as sne teared their power on ner northern border. Germany was mainland Europes just about almighty coarse â₠¬ so from Italys point of view, being an assistant of Germany was an obvious move. Each member of the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria nd Italy) promised to help the others if they were attacked by a nonher country. The Triple Entente was little structured than the Triple Alliance. Entente” meat correspondence and the members of the Entente (Britain, France and Russia) did not energise to promise to help the other two if they got attacked by other countries alone the rationality was that each member would support the others †simply it was not fixed. France was suspicious of Germany. She had a extensive ground forces but a woeful navy. Britain had the worlds most brawny naw and a humbled army. France and Britain Joining together in an understanding was natural. Britain was to a fault concerned about Germany because she was construction up a new and powerful navy. The inclusion of Russia seemed odd when Russia was so far from France and Britain.However, Russia s royal family, the Romanovs, was related to the British kinglike Family. Russia also had a massive army and with France on the west of Europe and Russia on the east, the ‘message sent to Germany was that she was confronted by two huge armies on either side of her borders. Therefore, it was not a good move by Germany to provoke trouble in Europe †that was the hoped for message sent out by the Triple Entente. Certain specific problems also helped to create suspicion throughout Europe. The first gear was Germanys fear of the huge British Empire. By 1900, Britain have a quarter of the world.Countries such as Canada, India, South Africa, Egypt, Australia and New Zealand were owned by Britain as part of the British Empire. Queen Victoria had been crowned Empress of India. Brobdingnagian amounts of money were made from these colonies and Britain had a powerful military presence in all parts of the world. The Empire was seen as the spatial relation symbol of a country that was the most powerful in the world. Hence Britains name â€Å" grand Britain”. Germany clearly believed that a betoken of a great power was self-will of overseas colonies. The ‘best had already been taken by Britain but Germany resolved to gain as much colonial land as possible.Her main target was Africa. She colonised territory in southern Africa (now Namibia) which no-one really cherished as it was useless desert but it did create much anger in London as Germanys new territories were unspoilt South Africa with its huge diamond and meretricious reserves. In reality, Germanys African colonies were of little frugal importance but it gave her the opportunity to tell to the German people hat she had Great Power status even if this did assoil relations with Britain more fragile than was peradventure necessary for the economic returns Germany got from her colonies.A second rationalize that caused much friction between Britain and Germany was Germanys lust to g rowth the size of her navy. Britain accepted that Germany, as a large land-based country, needed a large army. But Germany had a truly small coastline and Britain coul d not accep na Germany needed a large navy. post card from 1912 of the Spithead review of Britains Navvy Britain concluded that Germanys confide to increase the size of her naw was to hreaten Britains naval might in the North Sea.The British administration concluded that as an island we needed a large naw and they could not accept any challenges from Germany. As a result, a naval race took place. Both countries spent bulky sums of money building new warships and the toll soared when Britain launched a new type of battleship †the Dreadnought. Germany immediately responded by building her equivalent. much(prenominal) a move did little to mend relations between Britain and Germany. All it did was to increase tension between the two nations.\r\n'