Zweibund

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Zweibund was the German term for the Dual Alliance, a key late 19th-century military and political alliance between Germany and Austria-Hungary that shaped pre–World War I European diplomacy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral treaty
international agreement
military alliance
category 19th-century treaties
Treaties of Austria-Hungary
Treaties of the German Empire
concludedBy Otto von Bismarck NERFINISHED
coreOf Triple Alliance NERFINISHED
endedWith collapse of Austria-Hungary
defeat of the Central Powers in World War I
formedIn Vienna NERFINISHED
formedOn 1879-10-07
hasEnglishName Dual Alliance NERFINISHED
hasGermanName Zweibund NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
influencedBy Congress of Berlin (1878) NERFINISHED
Franco-Russian rapprochement
Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) NERFINISHED
languageOfTreaty French
German
legalForm secret treaty initially
memberStateCapital Berlin NERFINISHED
Vienna NERFINISHED
memberStateRulerAtFormation Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph I NERFINISHED
German Emperor Wilhelm I NERFINISHED
negotiatedBy Austro-Hungarian foreign ministry NERFINISHED
German Empire foreign ministry NERFINISHED
obligatedMutualSupportAgainst Russian Empire NERFINISHED
obligatedNeutralityIfAttackedBy other powers not including Russia
participant Austria-Hungary NERFINISHED
German Empire NERFINISHED
preWorldWarIAlignment Central Powers NERFINISHED
Triple Alliance NERFINISHED
purpose containment of Russian influence in Europe
diplomatic isolation of France
mutual defense against Russia
region Europe
relatedAlliance Reinsurance Treaty
Triple Alliance (1882) NERFINISHED
Triple Entente NERFINISHED
renewedIn 1884
1889
1899
1909
shaped late 19th-century European diplomacy
pre–World War I alliance system
typeOfAlliance defensive alliance against Russia
validUntil 1918

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Dual Alliance alsoKnownAs Zweibund