What is Entente cordiale?
[[File:Flag of France.svg|right|70px]][[File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|right|70px]] The '''''Entente cordiale''''' ([[French language|French]] for 'friendly agreement') was a number of [[agreement|agreements]] signed on 8 April 1904 between the [[United Kingdom]] and [[France]]. Both countries were worried that their growing [[empire|empires]] would cause a war between them. The agreement was the end of almost 1000 years of frequent [[wars]]. The agreement led to the [[Triple Entente]] (including [[Russian Empire|Russia]]), which fought the [[Triple Alliance (1882)|Triple Alliance]] ([[German Empire|Germany]], [[Italy]] and [[Austria-Hungary]]) in the [[First World War]] and has lasted ever since. It was the start of the Triple Entente and the first step to stopping Germany from expanding. France had more chance with Britain of winning against Germany on the [[Western Front]]. == Further reading == *[http://www.entente-cordiale.org/ 100th Anniversary commemorative website] *[http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/entente_toc.html Entente cordiale] *[http://net.lib.byu.edu/~rdh7/wwi/1914m/entecord.html First declaration of the ''entente cordiale'' including secret articles] {{history-stub}} [[Category:1904]] [[Category:20th century in France]] [[Category:1900s in the United Kingdom]]