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It is unclear what exactly the Entente meant to the British Foreign Office. For example, in early 1911, following French press reports contrasting the virility of the Triple Alliance with the moribund state of the Entente, Eyre Crowe minuted: "The fundamental fact of course is that the Entente is not an alliance. For purposes of ultimate ...
Entente cordiale (1904) [ edit ] In April 1904 the United Kingdom and the Third French Republic signed a series of agreements, known as the Entente Cordiale , which marked the end of centuries of intermittent conflict between the two powers, and the start of a period of peaceful co-existence.
The Entente, unlike the Triple Alliance and the Franco-Russian Alliance, was not an alliance of mutual defense and so Britain was free to make its own foreign policy decisions in 1914. As British Foreign Office Official Eyre Crowe minuted, "The fundamental fact, of course, is that the Entente is not an alliance. For purposes of ultimate ...
An entente (/ ɑː n ˈ t ɑː n t /) is a type of treaty or military alliance in which the signatories promise to consult each other or to cooperate in the event of a crisis or military action. [1] Examples include the Entente Cordiale between France and the United Kingdom and the Triple Entente between France, Russia and the United Kingdom. [1]
Entente (alliance), a type of treaty or military alliance where the signatories promise to consult each other or to cooperate with each other in case of a crisis or military action; Entente Cordiale (1904) between France and the United Kingdom; Anglo-Russian Entente (1907) between the United Kingdom and Russia
Entente Cordiale: 1904–present Franco-Polish alliance: 1921–1940 Franco-Italian alliance: 1935 Franco-Soviet alliance: 1936–1939 Treaty of Dunkirk: 1947–1997 Western Union: 1948–1954 North Atlantic Alliance: 1949–present Western European Union: 1954–2011 European Defence Union: 1993–present Regional relations
The Allies or the Entente was an international military coalition of countries led by France, the United Kingdom, Russia, the United States, Italy, and Japan against the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria in World War I (1914–1918).
The Fashoda Incident was the last serious colonial dispute between Britain and France, and its classic diplomatic solution is considered by most historians to be the precursor of the Entente Cordiale of 1904. [21] The same year, Fashoda was officially renamed Kodok. It is located in modern-day South Sudan.