Now the alliance system didn’t spark the war, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand did, but these alliances allowed for a world scale war to happen. Austria-Hungary would have never gone to war if they didn’t have Germany as an ally, because they would be decimated right away, but with the assistance of Germany and Italy they were comfortable with going to war. If the alliances weren’t in place, the most we could expect would be a small war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia, but due to the alliances being in place, it turned into a world
Now the alliance system didn’t spark the war, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand did, but these alliances allowed for a world scale war to happen. Austria-Hungary would have never gone to war if they didn’t have Germany as an ally, because they would be decimated right away, but with the assistance of Germany and Italy they were comfortable with going to war. If the alliances weren’t in place, the most we could expect would be a small war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia, but due to the alliances being in place, it turned into a world