1. Britain also negotiated the entente cordiale (cordial understanding) with France and a similar agreement with Russia, forming the Triple Entente.

2. Europe was now divided into two military camps—the Triple Alliance on one side and the Triple Entente on the other.

3. Therefore, the Triple Alliance also enjoyed papal favor, whereas the king of the south, with his largely non-Catholic Triple Entente, did not.

4. By 1914, Europe's six major powers were split into two Alliances that would form the warring sides in World War I.Britain, France, and Russia formed the Triple Entente, while Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy joined in the Triple Alliance.