USA HISTORY

During WWI, Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria were part of the

(A) Axis Powers

(B) ** Central Powers

(C) Allied Powers

Concept note-1: -The Allies described the wartime military alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire as the ‘Central Powers’. The name referred to the geographical location of the two original members of the alliance, Germany and Austria-Hungary, in central Europe.

Concept note-2: -Enver Pasha had succeeded in bringing the Ottoman Empire into the First World War on the side of the Central Powers, Germany and Austria-Hungary.

Concept note-3: -The Central Powers was the name given to Germany, Austria-Hungary, and their supporters, during World War I. They were fighting against the allied (united) countries of Britain, France, and Russia.