Dual Alliance

American  

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.

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Dual Alliance British  

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

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Example Sentences

Rumania is listed as an ally of the World War I Dual Alliance between Germany and Austria-Hungary; it was not, but Bulgaria was.

From Time Magazine Archive

It seemed quite right and natural that he and Jan should presently enter into a sort of Dual Alliance.

From Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man by Oemler, Marie Conway

Speaking generally, it is open to conjecture whether the Dual Alliance refers to other than European questions.

From The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) by Rose, John Holland

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

From What Germany Thinks The War as Germans see it by Smith, Thomas F. A.

It would have been too full of risk even if she had not desired peace, the Franco-Russian Dual Alliance notwithstanding.

From Before the War by Haldane, R. B. Haldane (Richard Burdon Haldane), Viscount