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Nationalism: The Late 19th And Early 20th Century

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Nationalism is a shared feeling of being part of one nation, which is strengthened by history, symbols. Europe was an example of trying to create a nationalistic society, but in the late 19th and early 20th century, it sparked an all-out war which many know as World War 1.

Throughout the course of the events that occurred prior to WW1, there were many nationalistic nations such as Germany, Britain, France, Russia and Austria, Alsace, and Balkans that had contributed to the cause of WW1. Europe’s main powers had split up into two alliances: The Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy) and The Triple Entente (Britain, Russia and France). Italy became a nominal member of The Triple Alliance by conducting a secret treaty with France

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