Dual Alliance

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The Dual Alliance was a late 19th-century defensive pact between Germany and Austria-Hungary that became a core foundation of the alliance system leading into World War I.

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Label Occurrences
Dual Alliance (1879) 3
Dual Alliance canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral treaty
defensive pact
military alliance
alsoKnownAs Zweibund
architect Otto von Bismarck
consequence closer alignment of Germany and Austria-Hungary
increased tension with Russia
coreMemberOf Triple Alliance (1882)
surface form: Triple Alliance
countryInvolved Austro-Hungarian Empire
surface form: Austria-Hungary

German Empire
dateSigned 1879-10-07
directedAgainst Russian Empire
dissolvedIn 1918
endedWith defeat of Germany and Austria-Hungary in World War I
endTime 1918
expandedInto Triple Alliance (1882)
surface form: Triple Alliance
historicalPeriod late 19th century
pre–World War I era
influenced pre–World War I alliance system
influencedBy Congress of Berlin
surface form: Congress of Berlin (1878)

Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) campaigns
surface form: Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
inForceDuring Bosnian Crisis
July Crisis of 1914
initiatedBy Otto von Bismarck
language German
legalForm treaty
location Vienna
nature defensive alliance
obligation benevolent neutrality if attacked by another power
mutual military support if attacked by Russia
partOf European balance of power system
placeSigned Vienna
policyContext Bismarckian alliance system
purpose containment of Russian influence in Europe
mutual defense against Russia
strengthening of German-Austro-Hungarian relations
region Europe
relatedConflict World War I
signatory Austro-Hungarian Empire
surface form: Austria-Hungary

German Empire
signedBy Austro-Hungarian Empire
surface form: Austria-Hungary

German Empire
startTime 1879
strengthened Austro-German cooperation in Central Europe
typeOfAgreement secret treaty at the time of conclusion
yearSigned 1879

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Central Powers formedFrom Dual Alliance
Triple Alliance (1882) predecessor Dual Alliance
this entity surface form: Dual Alliance (1879)
Triple Alliance (1882) expandedFrom Dual Alliance
this entity surface form: Dual Alliance (1879)
Treaties of the Habsburg Monarchy includes Dual Alliance
this entity surface form: Dual Alliance (1879)