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Triple Alliance, secret agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy formed in May 1882 and renewed periodically until World War I when, despite renewals of the pact in 1907 and 1912, Italy entered into the war in opposition to Germany and Austria-Hungary.
The Triple Alliance was a defensive military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. It was formed on 20 May 1882 [1] and renewed periodically until it expired in 1915 during World War I. Germany and Austria-Hungary had been closely allied since 1879.
An impossibly complex web of alliances that maintained a fragile peace in Europe (and surprisingly held it together since the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815) always threatened to unravel. Chief among them was the Triple Alliance of 1882 among Germany, Austro-Hungary, and Italy, in which each member agreed to defend the others in war.
Triple Alliance, secret agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy formed in May 1882 and renewed periodically until World War I when, despite renewals of the pact in 1907 and 1912, Italy entered into the war in opposition to Germany and Austria-Hungary.
Triple Alliance [1] and Triple Entente (äntänt´), two international combinations of states that dominated the diplomatic history of Western Europe [2] from 1882 until they came into armed conflict in World War I [3].
Definition. The Triple Alliance was a military agreement formed in 1882 between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy, aimed at mutual defense and support in case of an attack.
The adherence of Italy to the Dual Alliance of Germany and Austro-Hungary in 1882 produced the Triple Alliance, which lasted until the outbreak of war in 1914. France, Russia , and Britain responded with the Triple Entente (1894–1907), thus dividing Europe into two armed camps.
Definition. The Triple Alliance was a military and diplomatic agreement formed in 1882 between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy, aimed at mutual defense and support in case of an attack.
Definition. The Triple Alliance was a military alliance formed in 1882 between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy, aimed at counterbalancing the power of France and Russia in Europe.
The Triple Alliance, comprised of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy, and Triple Entente, comprised of Russia, France, and Great Britain, were agreements between European nations seeking...