Central Powers

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World War I coalition military alliance

The Central Powers were the World War I military coalition led primarily by Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria, which fought against the Allied Powers.

Aliases (2)

Central Powers alliance ×1
Central Powers in World War I ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War I coalition → military alliance →
allianceWith	Austria-Hungary → German Empire → Kingdom of Bulgaria → Ottoman Empire →
alsoKnownAs	Quadruple Alliance →
conflict	World War I →
countryMember	Austria-Hungary → German Empire → Kingdom of Bulgaria → Ottoman Empire →
dissolutionCause	armistices with Allied Powers → military defeat in World War I →
endTime	1918 →
formedFrom	Dual Alliance → Triple Alliance (1882) →
geographicScope	Africa → Europe → Middle East →
hasCapitalOfMember	Berlin → Constantinople → Sofia → Vienna →
ideologicalBasis	monarchism →
leaderCountry	Austria-Hungary → German Empire →
mainRivalAlliance	Triple Entente →
majorFront	Eastern Front → Italian Front → Middle Eastern theatre of World War I → Western Front →
militaryObjective	revision of European balance of power →
notableLeader	Emperor Franz Joseph I → Kaiser Wilhelm II → Mehmed V → Tsar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria →
opposedTo	Allied Powers →
outcome	defeat →
peaceTreaty	Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine → Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1919) → Treaty of Sèvres → Treaty of Trianon → Treaty of Versailles →
startTime	1914 →
surrenderOfMember	Austria-Hungary 1918 → German Empire 1918 → Kingdom of Bulgaria 1918 → Ottoman Empire 1918 →
timePeriod	20th century →

Referenced by (36)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dardanelles naval operations → First Battle of the Marne → Louis Franchet d'Espèrey → Nestor Makhno → Second Battle of the Marne → Sinai and Palestine campaign →	opponent
Ferdinand I of Bulgaria → Kingdom of Bulgaria → Ottoman 6th Army → Ottoman Empire → Ottoman air units →	alliance
Atlantic theatre of World War I → Mediterranean theatre of World War I → Monastir Offensive → Salonika Expedition → World War I →	belligerent
Allied merchant shipping → Balkan Front → Romanian Campaign →	opposedBy
Detlof von Winterfeldt → Nur-ud-Din Pasha →	sideInConflict
South-West Africa Campaign →	combatantSide
Balkan Front →	involves
European theatre of World War I →	mainBelligerent
Western Front (World War I) →	mainBelligerentAlliance
Salonika Expedition ("Central Powers alliance") →	opposedAlliance
Eastern Front (World War I) →	opposedForce
Allied Powers of World War I →	opposedTo
Brusilov Offensive →	opposingAlliance
German Empire →	partOf
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk →	partyTo
British Indian Army ("Central Powers in World War I") →	primaryOpponent
Allied Supreme War Council →	relatedTo
Brest-Litovsk →	treatyParty
World War I military fortifications →	usedBy
Kingdom of Romania →	wasPartOf