Dual Alliance

noun

1. the alliance between France and Russia (1890), strengthened by a military convention (1892–93) and lasting until the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917.
2. the alliance between Germany and Austria-Hungary against Russia 1879–1918.

Dual Alliance

noun

1. the alliance between France and Russia (1893–1917)
2. the secret Austro-German alliance against Russia (1879) later expanded to the Triple Alliance

Example Sentences

It was doubtless agreed that they should form a dual alliance, absolute and exclusive.

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Thus was forged the main financial link in the chain of common interests which soon after led to the Dual Alliance.

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It may even be doubted whether the Dual Alliance would have survived the shock.

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He wishes also to point out most emphatically that the new Dual Alliance, like the old one, is purely defensive.

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This loyalty to the Dual Alliance left France during the last days before the war in a cruel dilemma.

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