WW1 Allied Forces

they was well eguped as they won

The scientific definition of force is: the push or pull of an object.

The alliance system started off with the Three Emperors' League. This was a military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia. However, Russia and Austria had never truly gotten along at this time and were feuding in the Balkans. Russia later left the alliance.

After the failed Three Emperors' League, Russia was basically left standing alone. France jumped at the chance to be aligned with such a powerful country, Russia, and was seeking revenge against Germany for the loss of Alsace-Lorraine during the Franco-Prussian War. Thus, the Franco-Russian alliance was created but was not made public until the middle of World War I.

The Germans had been aligned with the Austrians through the Dual Alliance prior to the Three Emperors' League and continued to do so after the dissolution. However, since the Germans knew the French were seeking revenge and had beliefs that the French were aligned with the Russians, they sought a new alliance member in order to prevent a two front war. Their candidate was Italy and this created the Triple Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.

The only Great Power left without an alliance was the United Kingdom. Since the King of the UK and the Kaiser of Germany were direct descendants (as well as with the Czar of Russia, yet Russia was never truly enemies with Germany at this time), it seemed as if the UK would either remain neutral or side with the Germans. And to add to the fact, why would they align with the French? Their long time historic rival? Or the Russians? Enemies to their Japanese allies, in which were just beaten in the Russo-Japanese war? However, this bleak future for the French and Russians turned to gold when the Kaiser of Germany ultimately destroyed the relations between the UK and Germany when he mentioned his wish of having a navy just as powerful as the British. This made the British angry and see the Germans as competition. So again, France jumped at the chance of having a powerful ally and enlarged their alliance with Russia to include the UK, creating the Triple Entente.

World War I is seen as a war between the Triple Alliance (later being renamed the Central Powers) and the Triple Entente (later being renamed the Allies). However, it is much more larger than that.

Although Italy was aligned with both Austria and Germany, they never truly intended to keep this alliance. It was sort of like a safe for the Italians. Italy was approached by France in 1902 and the countries created the secret Franco-Italian alliance. This is part of the reason why Italy remained neutral when WWI broke out. Also, all these military alliances were defensive military alliances, and the Italians saw the Triple Alliance as being the aggressors in WWI, so this was their excuse. They also had their eyes on Austrian land in the Balkans and joined the Allies when France and the UK promised Italy this land.

World War I was directly started by the assassination of Austria's Archduke, Franz Ferdinand. He was assassinated by a Bosnian a part of the Serbian terrorist group, the Black Hand. Prior to this, Austria had thwarted newly independent Serbia's plans of creating a large Slavic kingdom, making the two countries enemies. However, since Serbia was a Slavic nation, it was protected by Russia, the mother Slavic country. This was another reason why Russia left the Three Emperors' League.

The Balkan League was an alliance between several Balkan nations seeking independence from the Ottoman Empire prior to World War I. It included Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Bulgaria, and Rumania. In the First Balkan War, Serbia, Greece, Montenegro, and Bulgaria battled against the Ottoman Empire and won their independence. In the Second Balkan War, Bulgaria attacked its fellow Balkan League members after land disputes, in which Romania joined the League as well as the Ottoman Empire, hoping for more land. Bulgaria was defeated and this ended the Balkan League alliance. Once World War I rolled around, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire joined the Central Powers while the rest of the Balkan countries joined the Allies.

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103 merchant ships were sunk in world war one

During World War I, the United States fought alongside the members of the Triple Alliance (or, as it has also been called, the Triple Entente). While not formally a member of that alliance, the United States served, from the time of its entry into the war in April of 1917, as a formal ally in many practical respects .

It was a British ship.

Breakthroughs equal progress. The opposite would be stagnation.

Armies cost money. Money=food, uniforms, tools, ammunition, medical supplies, spare parts, vehicles, FUEL, and weapons. The longer things DON'T progess, the worse the men, the equipment, the food, the ammo, the weapons, become. It would be just a matter of time (weeks, months, maybe a year) until the army collapses.

Up until the Vietnam War, more men became casualties from disease than they did bullets or shells. Stagnation can fuel disease.

It is called imperialism. x

The British decided to first destroy German defenses to the east with a massive artillery bombardment. Then, after the British had overcome the initial German defenses, two cavalry divisions would be sent in to finish off the Germans.

United Kingdom

France

Belgium

(Luxembourg)

Russia

Serbia

United Kingdom's colonies e.g. India

Australia

New Zealand

Canada

French colonies

Japan (in respect of German colonies in China)

Arabs (against Ottoman Empire)

USA (later)

Portugal (later)

Italy (later)

and there are more

Note - This was copied from another question.

Doughboys, there are only 3 remaining doughboys left. One of which is a 104-year odl from bayonne, NJ

After World War I, the British government was relatively unchanged. Britain remained a parliamentary monarchy with most power vested in the Houses of Congress. The major changes that weakened the House of Lords would not be vested until after World War II.

0042 used to be reserved for Czechoslovakia, however since 1997 this is no longer used.

00420 is Czech Republic
00421 is Slovakia
00423 is Liechtenstein

In 1917 a document now known as the Zimmermann Telegram was intercepted by the British. In it, Germany urged Mexico to form an alliance with them and wage war against the US. In return, Germany promised Mexico much of its old lands back, consisting of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.

Tuesday, June 6th, 1944. See the Wikipedia weblink below.

World War I

small battle (the 12th one) during the battle of Isonzo..........

Italy joined the Allied powers because they promised better rewards from the spoils of the war in terms of being granted conquered territories. Italy initially had an agreement with the Central Powers.

Soldiers in battle were expected to be nice and respectful to their enemies. The goal was to capture your enemy and make them surrender, not to kill them (although many did die). It wasn't until World War II that European warfare changed and total war was introduced, where citizens became targets.

Although US ground & air units would not reach France in numbers until mid-1918, the US entry into the "Great War" in April 1917 caused the German army leadership to accelerate it's plans to defeat Russia & then the French & British before US forces could arrive. This would cause a drain of German resources, yet the Russians would be defeated, in major part due to the collapse of the Czar's government. On the western front, German offensive action was more costly than the earlier defensive posture. At sea the Allies enjoyed superiority, and now with the US in the war, were more able to move supplies from the US to Europe, and from England to France. The U-boat threat remained, but it was diminished more and more after the US entry. In 1918 as US troops began arriving, overall morale among the allied troops was raised, and US troops were used to stop German advances. For Germany, following the defeat of Russia, there was a race on to get their troops from the Russian front to the western front before the American could concentrate forces in France. The Germans eventually lost this race. As the size of American forces grew, they were able to undertake offensive action. The Germans signed the Armistice in November 1918 before the full weight of American forces could be felt, and before a complete military defeat would be apparent.

Turkey was originally the ottoman empire. The ottoman empire did fight in the world and was definitely a central power.