WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Triple Entente included England, France and Russia. The Triple Alliance included Austria-Hungary, Germany and Italy.

Detailed explanation-2: -One alliance included Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy, called the Triple Alliance. Opposing them was the Triple Entente of France, Russia and England.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Triple Entente members were now known as the Allied Powers. And the Triple Alliance became the Central Powers of Germany and Austria-Hungary (Italy was neutral at the beginning of World War I, joining the Allied Powers after the Triple Alliance agreement expired in 1915).

Detailed explanation-4: -For Russia, the Triple Entente offered an opportunity to strengthen diplomatic and economic ties with France and Great Britain while countering the Triple Alliance and safeguarding its interests in the Balkans, where traditional rival Austria-Hungary was seeking stronger ties.

Detailed explanation-5: -Germany’s growing strength and manifest pursuit of ‘world power’ status persuaded Britain to align with its traditional rivals: France in 1904 and Russia in 1907. This connected Britain, France and Russia in the ‘Triple Entente’ and stoked German fears of ‘encirclement’.