France's Involvement with the War

An alliance between Russia and France was what brought French military into the war with Austria and Serbia. The war consists mainly of a conflict between two countries, Austria and Serbia, and countries dragged into this war through alliances. When France declared war on Austria, Germans were quickly able to seize Paris by way of neutral Belgium. In 1881, Italy signed a treaty with Austria and Germany, claiming to help them if they were ever at war with France, but Italy feared that this alliance would not benefit for the country, so Italy signed a secret alliance with France. So in 1914, Italy claimed that the war against France by Germany was "an aggressive one" which enabled Italy to claim neutrality, which has been very convenient for keeping both alliances true to word. But as we've seen so far this year, 1915, Italy has entered the war, only as an alliance of France, Russia, and Britain. So far in the war, Germany has been in control of much of eastern France for the majority of the war. British military has been working hard to get the Germans out of France, without much luck though. Recently, on April 26, Russia, France, Britain, and Italy have concluded the Secret Treaty of London, which recently has been exposed. Since the late 17th century, France was been involved in many alliances throughout Europe, all of which have been short lived.

By Kendra Sides