Politics

Triple Alliance

The defensive alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy, formed in 1882. Italy declared neutrality in 1914 and entered the war on the Allied side in May 1915.

Mentioned in

• Chapter I The Long Fuse §1 Europe in 1914: The Great Powers at a Glance§4 Bismarck's Web, 1871–1890§5 The New Course and the Diplomatic Revolution, 1890–1907
• Chapter II Thirty-Seven Days to War §4 Berlin and the Blank Check, 5–6 July§8 The Dominoes Fall: 31 July to 3 August
• Chapter IV Deadlock §5 Italy Enters the War: The Isonzo and the Mountains