WORLD HISTORY

WORLD WAR I

CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following countries was NOT one of the Central Powers?
A
Austria-Hungary
B
Germany
C
Ottoman Empire
D
Russia
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Central Powers were Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey, while the Allies including France, Britain and its domain, Russia, Italy, Japan, and from 1917, the United States of America.

Detailed explanation-2: -Central Powers, World War I coalition that consisted primarily of the German Empire and Austria-Hungary, the “central” European states that were at war from August 1914 against France and Britain on the Western Front and against Russia on the Eastern Front.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Central Powers’ origin was the alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary in 1879. Despite having nominally joined the Triple Alliance before, Italy did not take part in World War I on the side of the Central Powers.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Allies described the wartime military alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire as the ‘Central Powers’.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Central Powers included Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria.

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