By December, the Flemings were ready to formally join the anti-French coalition.

In spring 1340, Philip VI had planned to smash the anti-French coalition by attacking Edward III's allies.

Yet, Russia withdrew from the anti-French coalition not long after signing the alliance with the Porte and by 1801, Britain had agreed to negotiate a peace with France.

As Prussia left the anti-French coalition, Austria received the Russian support.

They formed an anti-French coalition, the League of Venice.

Prussia was a member of three of the six anti-French coalitions.

The Lords Appellant's aggressive foreign policy failed when their efforts to build a wide, anti-French coalition came to nothing, and the north of England fell victim to a Scottish incursion.

Adam Czartoryski had subsequently served Tsars Paul and Alexander I as a diplomat and foreign minister, during the Napoleonic Wars establishing an anti-French coalition.

James's refusal to enter any anti-French coalition and his efforts to reorganise the Royal Navy increased William's suspicions.

His greatness lay in his creation of a broad anti-French coalition which drew France, the great super-power of the age, into a series of long, costly, and ultimately futile campaigns.