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Tag: Dual Alliance

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7th October 1879: Germany and Austria Hungary form the Dual Alliance

7th October 2019
Tagged as: Alliance, Austria-Hungary, Bismarck, Dreikaiserbund, Dual Alliance, First World War, Germany, Prussia, Russia

Keen to consolidate the newly-united Germany, Chancellor Otto von Bismarck turned to diplomacy in an attempt to ensure the status quo in Europe.

Podcast

20th May 1882: Establishment of the Triple Alliance

20th May 2018
Tagged as: Austria-Hungary, Central Powers, Dual Alliance, First World War, Germany, Italy, Romania, Triple Alliance

Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy formed the Triple Alliance.

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