Nightmare coalition

... ting this was that it would create a large sphere of influence in Central Europe and make countries more likely to stick with Germany than an opposing country that was looking for an alliance against the Dual Alliance. Bismarck“s reason for making so many alliances was that, "Nothing lasts for ever…from its [Germany“s] very beginning I have devoted my whole political career to creation and consolidation." When in 1881, the Dreikaiserbund was updated it seems that Bismarck was intent on stopping any countries from forming coalitions against Germany because he was binding most of Western Germany to his agreements and therefore there was only France, Britain and maybe Italy left that could be considered major powers. The updated Dreikaiserbund was Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia patching up their differences and promising that they would remain neutral if one of them was attacked by another country. This allowed Bismarck the security of knowing that there wouldn“t be an alliance between France and Russia which would have been a nightmare for Germany because if both countries turned hostile then Germany would be fighting on two fronts which is the worst situation and this is what happened to them in World War I. The worst thing for Bismarck was that the tension between Austria-Hungary and Russia was still as acute as ever and so he knew that they woul ...