Politics

Central Powers

The coalition opposed to the Allies: Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and, from October 1915, Bulgaria. The name reflects their geographical position in the middle of Europe.

Mentioned in

• Chapter III The War of Movement §9 The War Spreads: Turkey, the Seas and the Colonies
• Chapter IV Deadlock Overview§4 Gallipoli: The Campaign That Failed§7 The Conquest of Serbia and the Salonika Landing
• Chapter V The Year of Attrition §1 The Plan for 1916: Chantilly§7 Brusilov's Storm, and Italy's Mountains§10 Romania's Gamble and Germany's New Masters
• Chapter VI The Year of Revolutions Overview§2 America Enters, and the World Follows§9 Peace Moves, the October Revolution and the Armistice in the East
• Chapter VII The Last Gamble §2 Brest-Litovsk: Peace in the East
• Chapter VIII The Reckoning and the Remaking §2 Paris, 1919: The Peacemakers and the League
• Chapter XII The Home Fronts §6 Dissent, Strikes and the Road to Revolution
• Chapter XIII A World on Fire §8 The Economic World War