HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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Central Powers
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Axis Powers
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New World Order
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Triple Entente
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Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Though the Ottoman Empire-in a period of relative decline since the late 16th century-had initially aimed to stay neutral in World War I, it soon concluded an alliance with Germany and entered the war on the side of the Central Powers in October 1914.
Detailed explanation-3: -The war pitted the Central Powers-mainly Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey-against the Allies-mainly France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan, and, from 1917, the United States.