WI: No Alliance System

what if the Black Hand assassinated Franz Ferdinand, but there was no alliance system and thus the war was only between austria-hungary and serbia (and perhaps a few other powers that the coax into helping them, but lets just focus on the two instigators for now). how would the war have gone and how would future events unfold?
 

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Well Russia considered the small nations on the Balkans their friends, so they would probably be involved at some point. If Russia does well, I can't see Germany not reacting to avert Russian dominance in Central Europe.
 
hm. well what about more westerly powers like britain and france? im certain there would be no american involvement whatsoever
 
Britain and France would probably sit back and watch the Germans/Austrians and the Russians/Serbs beat each other to a pulp.
 
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