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Europe 1914
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. In 1918 the breakaway republics of Azerbaijan, Finland and Lithuania also supported them. The Central Powers lost the war. The Allied Forces included Great Britain, Canada, Newfoundland, Russia, France, later the United States of America, Greece, Portugal, Brazil, Georgia, Armenia, Australia, Japan and Italy.

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  • German infantry 1914 HD-SN-99-02296

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

  • KuK Stosstruppen

    Austro-Hungarian soldiers in a trench on the Italian front

  • Muster on the Plain of Esdraelon 1914

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

  • Bulgaria southern front

    Bulgarian soldiers firing at incoming aircraft

  • Iyasu in a Muslim Turban

    Lij Iyasu, ruler of Ethiopia until 1916 pictured in his Ottoman-style turban

  • Weinold Reiss - WWI poster Charity Bazaar

    Poster for a 1916 charity bazaar raising funds for widows and orphans of the Central Power states.

  • CentralPowersPoster3

    A postcard depicting the flags of the Central Powers' countries

  • Collapse of the Central Powers

    The collapse of the Central Powers in 1918

  • Drei Kaiser Bund

    The leaders of the Central Powers in 1914

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