Politics

Triple Entente

The loose association between Britain, France and Russia that grew from the Franco-Russian alliance of 1894, the Entente Cordiale of 1904 and the Anglo-Russian agreement of 1907. Britain was not formally bound to fight.

Mentioned in

• Chapter I The Long Fuse §1 Europe in 1914: The Great Powers at a Glance§5 The New Course and the Diplomatic Revolution, 1890–1907