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the allies have more militeristic abilities and strength
the allies have more militeristic abilities and strength
By comparison with the Entente, the resources of the Central Powers were fewer. Their chances of victory depended heavily on knocking out France in the first few weeks of the war. This failed. The astonishing thing is that the Central Powers managed to hold out against the Entente for so long. they were not invited to the Paris peace conference because they were not trusted after they sent the zimmerman telegram to try and decieve the Ambassador of Mexico.
The members of the Triple Entente (Great Britain, France, Russia) were called the Allies. The Triple Alliance (Germany, Austro-Hungary, Italy) changed its name to Central Powers because Italy entered the war on the side of the Allies in 1915.
1. The first world war was first and foremost a battle of attrition - that is to say, a game of who could hold out the longest (who could sustain their army, but lose the most men, spend the most money, expend the most ammunition and fuel). After the entry of the U.S. into the war, and the Second Battle of the Marne (15 July to 6 August 1918) the Germans and the other Central Powers realized that they were doomed to lose the war of attrition, and simply couldnt' replace the casualties they were taking. 2. Britain's formidable navy choked Germany and its allies of munitions, fuel and food. They simply couldn't hold out. German civilians were on the verge of starvation. 3. The invention of a successful Tank broke the stalemate of Trench warfare, and had a hugely demoralizing effect on the Central powers. The Germans never built tanks in any serious numbers.