The Triple Entente Powers = The UK, Russia, France, Belgium, Serbia, Canada, Australia, India, Japan, United States (1917), Greece (1917)
The Triple Alliance Powers= Germany, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Italy, Bulgaria, Otoman Empire (1915), Mexico (never fought in WW1)
Nb. The countries in bold are the main countries in that particular alliance.
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The European Alliance System divided into two hostile camps. The Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy against the Triple Entente of Great Britain, France and Russia. The Alliance System came into being in the late nineteenth century as a preventative of war.
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During World War I, the impact of the European alliance-system on mobilization and the commitment of military forces was, in a word, decisive. Responding to calls for help from allies already involved, several major nations (especially Germany) entered the war much sooner because of the strict requirements for victory -- which depended almost exclusively on the mobilization-schedules for each.
Many European countries entered into alliances before the Great War, for example Germany and Austria-Hungary in the Dual alliance in 1879. The Dual Alliance was a defensive alliance between Germany and Austria-Hungary, which pledged to aid one another in case of an attack by Russia.