I think the answer that you're looking for is Manifest Destiny. If its not, than I am sorry! Lol!
The Maritime Silk Road was the name given by a Japanese scholar in 1967 to distinguish it from the traditional Silk Road. This route surrounded many oceans and seas including; South China Sea, Strait of Malacca, Indian Ocean, Gulf of Bengal, Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf and the Red Sea.
I believe this is the answer:
It was feared that France would get allies (particularly Russian ones) so in order to prevent that Germany became Allies with 2 other countries to isolate France. This allowed Bismark, who had the idea, to continue with his plans.
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The answer is violated the terms of the nazi-soviet pact. in early world war 2 germany and the ussr made a pact to conquer poland and split it in half. after that they would have a peace treaty between the two powers. this ultimatly ended when hitler decided to invade the ussr.