Dual Alliance

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Dual Alliance

n
1. (Historical Terms) the alliance between France and Russia (1893–1917)
2. (Historical Terms) the secret Austro-German alliance against Russia (1879) later expanded to the Triple Alliance
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References in classic literature
There is a new and imminent danger facing the dual alliance. What it is you will learn soon enough.
Military Diplomacy in the Dual Alliance: German Military Attache Reporting from Vienna, 1879-1914.
On the one side was the Dual Alliance of Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
The Dual Alliance of 1894 was an agreement between which two European powers?
Thus Kennedy believed that America could uphold its friendship and commitments both to Israel and the Arabs, but he would not agree to an Israeli-American dual alliance.
Russia withdrew in 1878, leaving Bismarck to adopt a Dual Alliance
(References to the "Double" rather than "Dual Alliance" of Austria and Germany, or to "alienation" to render fear of ethnic displacement, are initially confusing.) Urban politics are situated among the plethora of challenges faced by city planners and administrators.
It was, rather, the 1879 Dual Alliance with Austria-Hungary that was the central feature of Bismarck's foreign policy, although the Iron Chancellor did conclude a secret arrangement with Russia in 1887.
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