Two opposing groupings of nations formed throughout the two major conflicts: World War I and World War II, both of which had a global scope and included many countries. Germany, Turkey, and Austria-Hungary formed the Central Powers (Germany, Turkey, and Austria-Hungary) (France, Russia, and Great Britain). About 20 years later, the nations participating in World […]
The Triple Entente is an alliance of the Russian Empire, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Third French Republic. French-Russian Alliance, Entente Cordiale, and Anglo-Russian Agreement established the Triple Entente in 1894, 1904, and 2007. After the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 to 1871, European tensions rose to a new peak in
From 1882 until the outbreak of World War I, the German, Austrian-Hungarian, and Italian empires formed the Triple Alliance. The Triple Entente was established to challenge the military might of France, Russia, and the United Kingdom. After France annexed Italy’s African colonies in the 1870s, it sought military and diplomatic help against France in the