Little Entente

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The Little Entente was a mutual defense alliance formed in the interwar period by Czechoslovakia, Romania, and Yugoslavia to counter Hungarian and later German revisionism and preserve the post–World War I territorial settlement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf interwar alliance
military alliance
mutual defense pact
aim counter German revisionism
counter Hungarian revisionism
preserve post–World War I territorial settlement
continent Europe
country Czechoslovakia
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
surface form: Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Romania
diplomaticOrientation pro-French
endCause conflicting interests of member states
rise of Nazi Germany
weakening of French support
endTime late 1930s
foundedBy Czechoslovakia
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
surface form: Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Romania
hasCharacteristic French-backed alliance
anti-revisionist
regional alliance
hasPurpose coordination of foreign policy
maintenance of Versailles system
mutual defense against aggression by Hungary
historicalPeriod interwar period
languageOfDiplomacy French
memberState Czechoslovakia
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
surface form: Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Romania
opposedIdeology revisionism
opposedTo Kingdom of Hungary
Nazi Germany
Weimar Republic
politicalIdeology status quo power
region Central Europe
Eastern Europe
relatedTo League of Nations
Treaty of Versailles
Versailles system
startTime 1920
1921
supportedBy France
supportedTreaty Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine
Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Treaty of Trianon
typeOfAgreement collective security arrangement

Referenced by (4)

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Kingdom of Romania memberOf Little Entente
Franco-Czechoslovak alliance relatedTo Little Entente
Franco-Polish alliance relatedTo Little Entente
Polish–Romanian alliance relatedTo Little Entente