Effect of Balkan Wars on Alliances

• When AH forced Serbia to stop trying to annex Albania, Germany assured AH that it had their full support, as it had done during the Bosnian Crisis.
• Both the arms race and the system of alliance seemed primed for war.
• The Entente powers strengthened their commitments to each other - French President Poincaré confirmed support for Russia if they were attacked by Germany because of AH's actions in the Balkans.
• Anglo-French Naval Agreement concluded in 1912 - guaranteed British protection of French coastline in case of German attack, and French navy would protect British interests in the Mediterranean - a highly significant agreement.