Central Powers

Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assasinated.

Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria. You could also count the German colonies in Africa and the Pacific.

New technologies used in World War 1 include:

- Planes used in combat; improvements with bombers and forward-mounted guns

- Armored tanks

- Chemical warfare; chlorine and mustard gas

- Bolt-action rifles

- Anti-aircraft weapons

- Flamethrowers

- Dreadnoughts and other battle ships

- Experimental dirigibles and lighter-than-air aircraft

Henri Guisan - elected General and therefore in some way the leader of Switzerland. Nevertheless there are seven persons elected for the Swiss Federal Council (since 1848)... so there's never only one person ruling the ways... and by the way: A General is elected in Switzerland only during time of war. So, there's no General nowadays.

Political leaders: Mainly the seven members of the Swiss Federal Council, all equivalent, but one elected to politically represent Switzerland for the period of one year,

Philipp Etter (1939), Marcel Pilet-Golaz (1940), Ernst Wetter (1941), Pilipp Etter (1942), Enrico Celio (1943), Walther Stampfli (1944), Eduard von Steiger (1945)... each time together with the six others.

To one of them, Marcel Pilet-Golaz, was attributed a certain sympathy for the German Reich - he was therefore very unpopular. Entering in the Council 1928, he had to withdraw from his office in 1944.

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Chris, No, it was not because the Soviet Union demanded it. The circumstances differed from one country and colony to another but there were two factors that, I think, played the biggest role. One was that after the war the European countries were too exhausted and too broke to bear the expenses of empire. It was no longer necessary to have the colonies in order to secure their economic strength and, indeed, the colonies were a drain on recources. Thus there was pressure to let them go. The second factor was that, in the wake of both world wars, European peoples attitudes about empire and self determination went through a significant change. Having experienced for themselves foreign conquest they no longer felt justified in denying soveriegnty to other peoples who plainly desired it for themselves.Michael Montagne

One thesis suggested for at least the colonies of southeast Asia, was that the colonial populations after WWII could see the weakness of the Europeans and would not be cowed by them any longer. This made them more restive, no longer willing to put up with colonialism, more willing to rebel against the colonial masters.

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The Imperial Powers gave up their soverignty over their Empires because of two factors:

One was the Soviet Union wanted to have supremacy over the world.If the Western Powers didn't let go their colonies, the Union would have been threatened.

The second reason was that the present Imperial soverigns were weak and wanted to appeal to the world they were not conqurers. They didn't have the skills to govern their Empires and had to give them the chance of being a democracy. They didn't have the strength like other leaders like Napolion and Queen Victoria.

Overall, I think the main cause of the Empires's desolution were the leaders.

if by the imperial powers you mean sucha s the british giving up sovreignty of countries such as malaya and so forth, a theory put forward by many is that the Japanese in taking power in these countries had sowed the seed for change already, and shown citizens that they were not inferior to the white rulers. And so the uprising was instilled then. The myth of white supremecy was shattered by the conquests of the Japanese

The Americans feel scared of the war. they felt hurt and sad because they losed someone that they loved and cared about. also they felt that the most important thing was winning the war.

Well, it would help if you would tell us a little more. Or anything more. Bolt action shotguns are usually inexpensive. Bolt action rifles are often inexpensive, or even cheap, but some are very expensive.

To give my own example, I purchased a military surplus Mosin Nagant bolt action rifle in April, 2010 for $89.95. I purchased it online from J&G Sales. I also had to pay a $50.00 transfer fee to have it shipped to a local gun shop. The fee is actually paid to the gun shop. Still a good deal for the price, and the quality of the firearm was very good. I regularly shoot the rifle at an indoor range at paper targets. I enjoy target shooting, and it's relaxing. The ammo costs me $8.95 for a box of 20 rounds.

Italy,Germany,France,Great Britain, Belgium, Poland and other small countries in 1914. The U.S.A in 1917

I believe the most pivotal battle in the Western Front must be the Battle of the Marne in August 1914. The defeat of the German armies by the British Expeditionary Force and the French army in France stopped the only way to bring the war to a quick conclusion. After this the Central Powers and the Allies settled in for a long fight in the trenches, one that would eventually crush German spirits and end the war. In the Eastern Front it was the Battle of Tannenburg (Tannenberg), in which the Germans annihilated a Russian army under Samsonov. This defeat totally crushed Russian spirits that the war could be won easily, paving the way for the mentality that would eventually bring Lenin to Russia. In the final days of the War the British breakout at Passchendale (Ypres) might be considered important, as the strongest German defence - on that held out for 3 years and had cost the allies about a milliom lives - on the Western front fell in 1917. This defeat might have lowered the already low German morale, forcing them to surrender a year later.

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Central Powers in World War I Germany

Central Powers in World War I Germany

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an Austrian is to Austria as an American is to America.

Bulgaria joined the Central Powers in order to conquer territories that it had lost to Serbia and Greece during the Second Balkan War. Joining the Central Powers also strengthened its ties to its two biggest economic partners, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire.

Aside from Austria and Hungary, Yugoslavia was one, as Serbia was held by the Austro-Hungarian Empire before World War 1, and a Serbian fired the shots which began the war. Anyone else?

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Germans produced the first commercial motorcar, the diesel engine, tachometer, coffee filters, they discovered alzheimer's disease, and invented the Bunsen burner, Fahrenheit temperature scale, x-ray crystallography

Hungary has existed for over 1000 years. You may wish to be more specific about the timeframe.

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he was 19years old when he assassinated Franz Ferdinand

Originally it sided with Germany and Austria when they looked like they had the upper hand. As soon as Germany took major loses in the Eastern and Western fronts it quickly switched sides to the allies.

It's more in depth than that but that's what basically happened. Think it was due to the fact that Mussolini had been thrown from power and a new government had replaced him.