Even though great britain was at odds with france over the situation involving the suez canal. why did it side with france as world war 1 began

England believed France had a better chance of winning the war.

Explanation:

Some nations sided with one another simply because they did not like yet another country. For example, even though Great Britain and France were not getting along, England sidled up to France because Germany was trying to build a larger navy, which was in direct competition with the English.

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they had a lot of depression during the revolutionary war