in Italy and after the failure of unification in 1842 led Italy to fight even harder to be free of foreign rule. Nationalistic and Liberal ideals were the tools that Italy used to achieve their success in1861. The aggressions that were seen in Europe around the late 1800s due to the rise in nationalism led to the formation of military alliances. The result of these aggressions was a mistaken belief that these alliances would promote peace. The Triple alliance of 1882 was formed for several reasons, benefiting each country with its own selfish needs. Similarities in nationalistic ideas and protection are the reasons behind Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy forming an alliance. This alliance gave Germany a stronger relationship with France, and also aided Austria-Hungary against the possible expansion of Russia into their territory. In 1882 during the French occupation of Tunisia, Italy joined the alliance, due to their opposition of the occupation. To balance the European powers, Russia, Great Britain and France formed the Triple Entente. Nationalistic fear against the Triple Alliance that motivated these countries to form the Triple Entente for protection. The completion of the Triple Entente spawned from the Entente Cordiale of 1904 led to increased tension in Europe. This inevitably led the two alliances into a great struggle to keep their nationalistic identities, which led to World War I in 1914. The Austro-Hungarian Empires thirst for nationalism was a major stronghold in the beginning of World War I. The rising conflict between Austria and Serbia was caused by the Austrian support for the Croats within Serbian territory. Gaurito Princip, a Serbian nationalist, assassinated Archduke Francis Ferdinand on June 28, 1914. This pushed Austria-Hungary into declaring war on Serbia, which led to Germany to declare war on Russia and France. Great Britain entered and declared war on Germany. With other successions of battles and countr...
