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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Dual Alliance

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

In short, the Dual Alliance peacefully conducted the Muscovites to Port Arthur.

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

It was impossible for Russia, France's partner in the Dual Alliance, to remain unfriendly to England, France's ally in the "Entente Cordiale."

From The World War and What was Behind It Or, the Story of the Map of Europe by Bénézet, Louis Paul

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

From Why We Are at War (2nd Edition, revised) by University of Oxford. Faculty of Modern History

If so, then something may be begun with the Dual Alliance.

From The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I by Hendrick, Burton Jesse