The War of the Triple Alliance, (1864/65–70), is considered the bloodiest conflict in Latin American history, fought between Paraguay and the allied countries of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay.

Austria-Hungary and Italy signed the Triple Alliance in 1882. The intention of these alliances was to act as a deterrent towards aggression. A country knew that to start a war would invite a ...

Two military alliances emerged a few years before the war: the Triple Entente, with Britain, France and Russia, and the Triple Alliance, with Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy. They were meant to ...

Meanwhile Romania leaned towards the Triple Alliance—Austria-Hungary ... The situation began to change following the First Balkan War, when the Balkan League (Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, and ...