Bismarck's complicated system of secret alliances was upset by
a. British insistence on French neutrality.
b. the accession of William II to the German throne.
c. Bismarck's death in 1888
d. Austrian deception and rejection of the Triple Alliance.
Answer: b. the accession of William II to the German throne.
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