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Pact from 1882 between Germany,
Austria-Hungary, and Italy to offset the
power of Russia and France. It was last
renewed 1912, but during World War I Italy's
initial neutrality gradually changed and it
denounced the alliance 1915. The term also
refers to other alliances: 1668 - England,
Holland, and Sweden; 1717 - Britain, Holland,
and France (joined 1718 by Austria); 1788 -
Britain, Prussia, and Holland; 1795 -
Britain, Russia, and Austria.