Central Powers facts for kids

European military alliances in 1914. The Central Powers are shown in purple, the Allies in gray and neutral countries in yellow

The Central Powers were a group of nations fighting against the Allied Powers during World War I;

The members included Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria and their territories. They were also supported by Azerbaijan and Finland, as well as Lithuania in 1918 and co-belligerent Jabal Shammar. They lost the war. The Allied Forces included Great Britain, Canada, Newfoundland, Russia, France, later the United States, Greece, Portugal, Brazil, Georgia, Armenia, Australia and Japan.

Images for kids

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  Europe in 1914.

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  German soldiers in the battlefield in August 1914 on the Western Front shortly after the outbreak of war.

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  German cavalry entering Warsaw in 1915.

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  German Fokker Dr.I fighter aircraft of Jasta 26 at Erchin in German-occupied territory of France.

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  Austro-Hungarian soldiers in trench on the Italian front during World War I.

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  Austro-Hungarian soldiers marching up Mount Zion in Jerusalem in the Ottoman Empire, during the Middle Eastern campaign.

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  Ottoman soldiers in military preparations for an assault on the Suez Canal in 1914.

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  Kaiser Wilhelm II visiting the Turkish cruiser Yavuz Sultan Selim during his stay in Istanbul in October 1917 as a guest of Sultan Mehmed V.

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  Bulgarian soldiers firing at an incoming aircraft.

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  A postcard depicting the flags of the Central Powers' countries.

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  The collapse of the Central Powers in 1918.

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  The Leaders of Central Powers in 1914.