Learn more about some of the causes of World ... in the Triple Alliance. This has become known as the ‘blank cheque’ and could be interpreted as encouraging Franz Joseph to declare war ...

Before World War One broke out, alliances were made to ... France and Russia, and the Triple Alliance, with Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy. They were meant to prevent conflicts, but in reality ...

Armies of the War of the Triple Alliance provides a short, concise treatment of the origins, outbreak, course, and consequences of the war, which Paraguay initiated, only to be ultimately overwhelmed ...