European Alliance System
Otto Von Bismarck was a skilled diplomat who managed to set up a web of agreements and alliances to secure Germany's position in Europe and to isolate France.

Triple Alliance
between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy in 1882 it agreed that:

if any of the parties we attacked by two or more powers, the others promised to lend aid
If France attacked Germany, Italy would send aid.
if Italy was attacked by France, Both Germany and Austria-Hungary would back Italy.

Three Emperors' Alliance
informal alliance between Austria-Hungary, Germany and Russia lasted from 1872-1881

Reinsurance Treaty
Agreement between Russia and Germany (1887) stating that if either were at war, the other would remain neutral, unless France or Austria were the object of attack

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International Baccalaureate History Notas sobre Pre-WW1 Germany- Foreign , criado por Callum Paton em 23-04-2014.