CENTRAL POWERS


Meaning of CENTRAL POWERS in English

World War I coalition that consisted primarily of the German Empire and Austria-Hungary, the central European states that were at war from August 1914 against France and Britain on the Western Front and against Russia on the Eastern Front. The Ottoman Empire entered the war on the side of the Central Powers on Oct. 29, 1914. Bulgaria came in on Oct. 14, 1915.

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