Military alliance
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A military alliance is an agreement between two, or more, countries ; related to wartime planning, commitments, and/or contingencies; such agreements can be both defensive and offensive . Military alliances often involve non-military agreements, in addition to their primary purpose.
Historic military alliances
Wars of Scottish Independence
Italian Wars
Wars of the Schmalkaldic League
Thirty Years War
War of the Grand Alliance (Nine Years War)
War of the Spanish Succession
Napoleonic Wars
The Quadruple Alliance of 1834
League of Nations
World War I
World War II
Cold War
NATO -- United States, Canada, most of Western Europe (still an active alliance )
Warsaw Pact - Soviet Union, East Germany , Hungary , Poland , Czechoslovakia , Romania , Bulgaria
SEATO - United States, United Kingdom, France, Australia , New Zealand , Pakistan , Thailand , Philippines
CENTO - United States, United Kingdom, Turkey , Iran , Iraq , Pakistan
ANZUS - United States, Australia, New Zealand (still active alliance )
Five Powers Pact - Australia, Malaysia , New Zealand, Singapore , United Kingdom
Current military alliances
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