Dual Alliance
1879 · Event
Bismarck binds Germany to Austria-Hungary in a secret defensive alliance against Russia — the pact that will drag Germany into the July Crisis of 1914.
On these timelines: Germany, Master, The Habsburg Dynasty, July Crisis & Outbreak of WW1
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