It was called The Triple Entente.
Because they could not just start a war with was as there was a thing called the triple entente which was an alliance between Russia England and France
In Europe the British had an alliance with Russia and France called the triple entente and a separate alliance with Belgium. Italy also joined GB later and Russia also pulled out.
the Great Britain, france,Russia formed an alliance but during the world war 1 they were called the allied powers.
The countries that were in the alliances in world war one were.. Britain, France and Russia formed the Triple entente. Germany, Italy and Austria - Hungary formed the triple alliance.
The "entente" was actually a prewar COMMERCIAL, NOT MILITARY treaty between Britain and France. The French and the Russians had a Treaty of Military Alliance from 1892. This was in response to the Triple Alliance, of Germany, Austro-Hungaria, and Italy, created in 1882. Because Russia was an ally of France, and Britain was also in the war on the side of France (having entered the war over German violation of Belgian neutrality though, and not because of any alliance with France), the whole coalition was sometimes called "the Entente Powers".
Germany declared war on Russia on 1st august 1914. at this time, Russia had a treaty with France and Britain, called the Triple Entente. this wasn't an agreement to defend each other, but an agreement to 'not argue'.
The French had a secret alliance with the Russians that was signed in 1892 to ensure against the further the rise of Otto von Bismark and a increasing militaristic and imperialistic Germany. The alliance was called the Franco-Russian Alliance and was to remain in place so long as the Triple Alliance (Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary) was still active. But in 1907 France and Russia allied with Great Britain, and formed the Triple Entente. Austria-Hungary was not in the same alliance as Italy you dum butt.
The Holy Alliance was a deeply reactionary alliance established in 1815 after the Napoleonic Wars. The initial members were Russia, Austria and Prussia. It stressed the 'mystique of monarchy', supported the divine right of kings and was completely hostile to democracy.
In the First World War, Great Britain, France, and Russia fought against Germany. Germany was part of an alliance called the Central Powers.
The treaty of 1778 called for American support for France
Germany, Austria-Hungry and Italy were called the Triple Alliance or Central Powers. France , Russia, and Great Britain were the Allies or the Triple Entente (entente in French means agreement)