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Three Emperors League OUTLINE Germany focused on keeping France isolated and vulnerable after defeating it in the FrancoPrussian War. The Germans founded The Three Emperors’ League consisting of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia BACKGROUND INFO: GERMANY Before 1871 Germany was a loose union of independent kingdoms known as the Holy Roman Empire. The largest of these kingdoms, Prussia, increasingly dominated the other German states; the Prussian king’s chief minister, Otto von Bismarck, put together a plan to weld the German-speaking kingdoms together into a modern nation-state under the rule of Prussia. The heavily industrialized new Germany soon possessed the most powerful economy in Europe and sought a military to match. Germany turned into a world power almost over night, which struck tension the traditional alignments within Europe. RISE OF BISMARCK The alliance system was started by Bismarck, from 1871 to 1890. After the Franco-Prussian War, Bismarck held that Germany was a satisfied state; no need for further expansion. Bismarck organized a system of alliances to maintain Germany's supremacy on the European continent. France was determined to challenge the power of Germany because France had been defeated by Germany in 1871 and had been forced to surrender two provinces (Alsace-Lorraine) to Germany. Bismarck tried to befriend Austria, Russia, Italy and Britain in order to isolate France. TEL; DREIKAISERBUND 1872 Bismarck's aim for forming this League was to isolate France by making friends with Austria and Russia. The partners were Kaiser William I of Germany, Czar Alexander II of Russia and Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria. These three rulers agreed: (i) to maintain the existing territorial arrangements in Europe; (ii) to resist the spread of revolutionary (e.g. socialist movements; (iii) to consult one another if any international difficulties arose. CONFLICTS WITHIN TEL TEL was a powerful military alliance although Germany often had to prevent clashes between the Austrian and Russian allies Both aimed for the small and weak Balkan states such as Bosnia and Serbia The new Kaiser Wilhelm II inherited the throne; the younger emperor fired Bismarck and took over Germany’s foreign affairs himself. Wilhelm II dismissed Russia from the three-power alliance to show his solidarity with the Austrians. The French succeeded in signing the Russians to a military alliance (Germany with Austria-Hungary versus France with Russia) BASIS OF WW1 ALLIANCE SYSTEM The French joining Russia and leaving Germany with Austria formed the basis of World War I alliance system. The French brought the British into the pact with Russia (The Triple Entente, 1908). WORK CITED "Background to the War Nobody Won: World War I, 1914-1918." Http://iws.collin.edu. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Dec. 2012. "League of the Three Emperors." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 12 July 2012. Web. 07 Dec. 2012. "World War I." Alliance System / System of Alliances. N.p., 2000-2007. Web. 07 Dec. 2012.