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The Triple Alliance was a military-political alliance formed in 1882 between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. It was aimed primarily at countering French ambitions for revenge against Germany. The alliance members committed to mutual support and consultation on political and economic issues. Over time, the Triple Alliance contributed to increasing tensions and an arms race in Europe as other countries like Russia and France formed counter-alliances in response. By the start of World War 1 in 1914, Italy had effectively withdrawn from the Triple Alliance by agreeing to remain neutral if Germany attacked France.

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The Triple Alliance was a military-political alliance formed in 1882 between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. It was aimed primarily at countering French ambitions for revenge against Germany. The alliance members committed to mutual support and consultation on political and economic issues. Over time, the Triple Alliance contributed to increasing tensions and an arms race in Europe as other countries like Russia and France formed counter-alliances in response. By the start of World War 1 in 1914, Italy had effectively withdrawn from the Triple Alliance by agreeing to remain neutral if Germany attacked France.

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The Triple Alliance

The Triple Alliance is a military-political block of Germany, Austria-


Hungary and Italy, formed in 1882, which marked the beginning of the division
of Europe into hostile camps and played an important role in the preparation
and unleashing of the First World War (1914-1918).
The main organizer of the Triple Alliance was Germany and Austria-
Hungary, which concluded a military alliance in 1879 (see: Austro-German
Treaty). On May 20, 1882, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy signed a
secret treaty of alliance. They committed themselves (for a period of 5 years)
not to take part in any alliances or agreements directed against one of these
countries, to consult on issues of a political and economic nature, and to
provide mutual support. The treaty, which attracted a new partner to the 2nd
German allied empires-Italy-was aimed primarily against France, which was
eager for revenge in the alleged war with Germany, with the desire to use the
anti-French border and colonial claims of the Italian Kingdom, but-objectively!
– "left out" of the emerging union (in a certain ambiguous vulnerability) another
great power-Russia and, thereby, provoked it to seek a counterweight to the
Triple Bloc in the West of the European continent-in France. The treaty was
renewed in 1887 and 1891 (with additions and clarifications) and was
automatically renewed in 1902 and 1912. The policy of the countries
participating in the Triple Alliance was characterized by an increasing struggle
for the colonies (the Tangier crisis, the Italo-Turkish War). Russian Russian-
French alliance was formed in response to the creation of the Triple Alliance in
1891-1894, the Anglo-French agreement was concluded in 1904, the Anglo —
Russian agreement was concluded in 1907, and the Entente was formed.
Since the end of the XIX century, Italy, suffering losses from the customs
war waged against it by France, began to change its political course. In 1902, it
entered into an agreement with France, pledging to remain neutral in the event
of a German attack on France. At the beginning of the First World War, Italy,
despite its allied obligations, avoided entering the war on the side of the
German Empire and Austria-Hungary. After the conclusion of the London Pact
(1915), Italy entered the First World War on the side of the Entente, and the
Triple Alliance collapsed. In addition, as early as October 29, 1914. The
Ottoman Empire joined the union, and after Italy left the union, on October 14,
1915, Bulgaria joined it, forming a Quadruple Alliance.

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