The Triple alliance and The Triple Entrente

The Triple alliance and The Triple Entrente The Triple EntenteThe Triple Entente was an alliance formed in 1907 by France, Britain and Russia before the 1st world war. It was started by the French because they felt threatened by Germany and the triple alliance (Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy)Britain joined because they were worried about the German Navy. Finally Russia joined because they were worried about attacks from Germany and Austria-Hungary who both had growing armies. Russia also promised Serbia help if they were attacked.The Triple allianceThe Triple Alliance was formed in 1879. At first it just included Germany and Austria-Hungary because they would support each other if they were attacked by either Russia or France. Later in 1882 Italy was included to form The Triple Alliance.[Insert tables from wikipedia here]As you can see the Triple Entente have the advantage of a large navy and should be able to control the waters, they can win sea battles and transport troops across the sea.IWM caption : "Trench Layout and Conditions: A fat...