The Alliance Before and After World War 1

The three main Allied Country: France, England and Russian Empire and Italy (changed after 1914)

The three main Central Power: German Empire, Austria-Hungary and Turkish Empire

The alliances before the start world war 1

Théophile Delcassé

The Alliances of German, Austria-Hungary and the Italy as junior partner

The Triple Alliances. Germany had allied with Russia and Austria-Hungary and the alliance called the Three’s Emperor League, but Austria-Hungary and Russia were not as best as friend, because they were fighting over borders in the Balkans and also because Russia represented the Pan-Slavic movement in war against the Turkish Empire which threatened the very existence of Austria-Hungary. The Treaty of San Stefano in 1878, following the Russo-Turkish War in result of the defeated of Ottoman Empire, furthered the cause of Pan-Slavism through the creation of a large Bulgarian state and offended Austria-Hungary. A European conference in 1878, called to revise the treaty, caused a decline in the friendship between Russia and Austria-Hungary with the tense on Germany. Bismarck formed the Dual Alliance with Austria-Hungary in 1879 caused the Russia further declining with the Three’s Emperor League. In 1882, Italy was angry at France because France had prevent an Italian advance by occupying Tunis as the state on south of Palermo to expand their territory, signed another secret treaty, which bound it with Germany and Austria-Hungary. Thus the Triple Alliance formed. It was periodically renewed until 1913. In 1882, Serbia joined the alliance, in effect, through a treaty with Austria-Hungary after the independent civil war on Ottoman Empire. Romania as independent nation from the territory of Ottoman Empire joined the group in 1883, and a powerful Central European Conference was created. Italy was from the first not so solidly bound to either of its allies as Germany and Austria-Hungary were to each other. Italy was in fact a rival of Austria-Hungary in the Balkans and particularly for control of the Adriatic; moreover, there remained unsettled territorial problems. The Triple Alliance, however, turned diplomatic history into new channels. The Formation of Triple Entente. The Three Emperors' League was in the ruin, but in 1890 the league was finally over. Germany refused to renew the treaty with Russia because the secret treaty between Austria-Hungary and Germany. Russia in consequence sought friendship with France in hope of alliance. At the same time France, afraid with an increasingly powerful Germany and a hostile Central European combination, felt great need of an ally, and French diplomats began to make overtures to Russia for an agreement to counterbalance the Triple Alliance. French aided Russian projects, especially the Trans-Siberian Railroad crucially needed by the Russia to connect the town of Russia Empire and transport resources in short time, and friendly diplomatic was as good because the acceptance of people of Russia and France. In 1898 Théophile Delcasse took control of French foreign policy; he opposed the Germany and hoped for a friendly contact with Great Britain, his objective is to isolate the Germany. Friendship between Britain and France did not seem possible because of their traditional past of previous war and conflict in the past and more importantly the fighting over colony in Africa Continent. Unfortunately, Great Britain and Germany were traditional friends in the past because both were literally by dynasty bound and cultural ties. There had been and continued to be active expressions of Anglo-German unity, but Delcassé's diplomacy, aided by the accession in 1901 of Francophile Edward VII to the British throne, ultimately has a good result and bore fruit because the British King has a blood of French. Although Great Britain and France had been on the verge of war over the Fashoda Incident in 1898, the matter was settled and the way opened for further agreements between the two powers. Colonial rivalries between Russia and Britain had in the late 19th century made those powers hostile; the field of contest was Asia and Turkish affairs of Persia, Afghanistan. In Asia, China, and India. But after the defeat of Russia in the Russo-Japanese War. This was finally achieved in the Anglo-Russian entente of 1907. That agreement created the international group opposing the Triple Alliance. France, Great Britain, and Russia had formed the Triple Entente as the new alliances.