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Germany antagonises rivals
Kaiser fired experienced Bismarck in 1890
Kaiser allowed Russian Reinsurance treaty to lapse in 1890
- French offer alliance in 1892
The Tirpitz plan of 1898 alienated Britain which was concerned with the first rival on the High Seas since the Battle of Trafalgar
Kaiser Wilhelm intent on his ‘place in the sun’
- Jealous of success and size of British and French Empires
- Morocco Crises of 1905 and 1911
- Antagonizes French
- Strengthened Britain and France’s Entente