Alliance of Britain, France, and Russia
1907-17. In 1911 this became a military
alliance and formed the basis of the Allied
powers in World War I against the Central
Powers, Germany and Austria-Hungary. The
failure of the alliance system to create a
stable balance of power, coupled with
universal horror of the carnage created by
World War I, led to attempts to create a new
international order with the League of
Nations.