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The Battle of Liège was the first battle of the war, and could be considered a moral victory for the allies, as the heavily outnumbered Belgians held out against the German Army for 12 days. From 5 to 16 August 1914, the Belgians successfully resisted the numerically superior Germans, and inflicted surprisingly heavy losses on their aggressors.
The Allies or the Entente was an international military coalition of countries led by France, the United Kingdom, Russia, the United States, Italy, and Japan against the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria in World War I (1914–1918).
Key markers were the 1894 Franco-Russian Alliance, the 1904 Entente Cordiale with Britain, and the 1907 Anglo-Russian Convention, which led to the Triple Entente. France's informal alignment with Britain and its formal alliance with Russia against Germany and Austria eventually led Russia and Britain to enter World War I as France's allies. [26 ...
Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. [1] In August 1914, the magazine The Independent wrote "This is the Great War. It names itself". [2] In October 1914, the Canadian magazine Maclean's similarly wrote, "Some wars name themselves. This is the Great War."
Dual Alliance 1879; Boer Wars 1880–1902; Austro–Serbian Alliance 1881–1903; Triple Alliance 1882; Berlin Conference 1884; Bulgarian Crisis 1885–1888; Reinsurance Treaty 1887–1890; Franco-Russian Alliance 1894; First Sino-Japanese War 1894–1895; Anglo-German naval arms race 1898–1912; Fashoda Incident 1898; Anglo-Japanese Alliance ...
It consisted of the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria; this was also known as the Quadruple Alliance. [ 2 ] [ notes 2 ] The Central Powers' origin was the alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary in 1879 .
Mexico- Declined an alliance with Germany (see Zimmermann Telegram). An ally to the United States by treaty (see ABC countries). Netherlands – An ally of the United Kingdom by treaty. Traded with both sides. Norway – Gave naval assistance to the United Kingdom. Paraguay; Persia – Occupied by British and Russian troops.
The alliance of France, Russia, and the U.K. was known as the "Triple Entente". [12] From 1882 to 1915, Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Italy, were a part of the "Triple Alliance", but when Italy joined the war in 1915, it fought against the other two nations. [10] As of 4 August, 1914, the Central Powers had 115 million people, the Allies 265 ...