WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Italy
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Germany and Austria Hungary
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria, Italy
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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: -The Central Powers, also known as the Central Empires, was one of the two main coalitions that fought in World War I (1914–1918). It consisted of the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Bulgaria and was also known as the Quadruple Alliance.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Ottomans refused an Allied demand that they expel German naval and military missions. The Ottoman Navy destroyed a Russian gunboat on 29 October 6:30 A.M. at Battle of Odessa. On 31 October 1914, Turkey formally entered the war on the side of the Central Powers. Russia declared war on 1 November 1914.
Detailed explanation-4: -World War I was fought between the Central Powers comprising Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire; and the Allied Powers comprising Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and Romania.