Grand Alliance

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the Grand Alliance

  1. (World War II) A military alliance consisting of the Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
  2. A 17th century alliance of England, the Dutch Republic and the Habsburg Monarchy opposing France under Louis XIV.
  3. Synonym of Holy Alliance, a coalition of Russia, Austria, and Prussia formed in 1815.

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