a network of alliances and colonies that
spread across the world helped shape the
two sides of World War one hi I’m
Rebecca Brayton and welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be taking
a look at who was fighting during this
major military conflict after the
assassination of Archduke Franz
Ferdinand austria-hungary declared war
on Serbia in an effort to exert control
over the Balkans what was supposed to be
a short and limited war between two
countries having a dispute quickly
escalated into a conflict few could have
expected at this time
Serbia enjoyed an alliance with powerful
Russia because of this the
austro-hungarian government looked to
their German Ally for support in the
case that Russia should become involved
sure enough after mobilizing its army in
defense of Serbia Germany declared war
on Russia on August 1st 1914 however as
well as a fight with Russia Germany and
austria-hungary were also up against the
rest of the triple entendre plan tante
was the name given to the alliance
between France the United Kingdom and
Russia by August 4th 1914 all three
countries of the triple entendre clared
war on Germany and by extension were
also at war with austria-hungary when
the United Kingdom entered the war her
colonies and dominions all became
involved to different degrees
this brought Australia Canada India New
Zealand and South Africa into the fray
also based on its military agreement
with Britain Japan joined the conflict
on August 23rd 1914 at first Italy
declared a policy of neutrality
despite their connections to both
Germany and austria-hungary by treaty
Italy claimed that because the actions
of its allies were offensive it did not
have to respect obligations to either
instead the country joined the Triple on
Taunton were against Germany and
austria-hungary the following year the
reason for the change of heart was 1915
secret Treaty of London which promised
at least significant territorial gains
at austria-hungary’s expense after the
war had finished the Ottoman Empire was
pulled into the conflict after harboring
German ships that went on to attack a
Russian port joining austria-hungary and
Germany together these countries became
known as the central powers along with
Bulgaria who entered the war in 1915 the
Allied powers was the name
given to the trip lon Tonks ID as it saw
more and more countries join alongside
them Romania and Portugal joined in 1916
as did Greece in 1917 one of the only
world powers still not involved in the
first world war by this point was the
United States
the United Kingdom was concerned that
they would actually join on the side of
the Central Powers because of their anti
colonial stance and history with the
British Empire however the United States
of America avoided the conflict until
1917 what changed that was a telegram
sent from Germany to Mexico that was
intercepted in January of that year in
what became known as the Zimmermann
telegram Germany sought the help of
Mexico in the event that the United
States did join the war alongside the
Allies in return they were promised
support in reclaiming US land that once
belonged to Mexico in combination with
this Germany’s policy of unrestricted
submarine warfare began to threaten US
commercial shipping on April 6 1917 the
United States of America declared war
against Germany when all sides were in
place over 63 million people were
directly involved in World War one with
roughly 39 million for the Allies and 24
million for the Central Powers no war in
history has altered the political
landscape of Europe as this one did once
powerful empires fell and new countries
grew out of them political social and
economic consequences were felt the
world over and left even uninvolved
countries dealing with the consequences
spread across the world helped shape the
two sides of World War one hi I’m
Rebecca Brayton and welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be taking
a look at who was fighting during this
major military conflict after the
assassination of Archduke Franz
Ferdinand austria-hungary declared war
on Serbia in an effort to exert control
over the Balkans what was supposed to be
a short and limited war between two
countries having a dispute quickly
escalated into a conflict few could have
expected at this time
Serbia enjoyed an alliance with powerful
Russia because of this the
austro-hungarian government looked to
their German Ally for support in the
case that Russia should become involved
sure enough after mobilizing its army in
defense of Serbia Germany declared war
on Russia on August 1st 1914 however as
well as a fight with Russia Germany and
austria-hungary were also up against the
rest of the triple entendre plan tante
was the name given to the alliance
between France the United Kingdom and
Russia by August 4th 1914 all three
countries of the triple entendre clared
war on Germany and by extension were
also at war with austria-hungary when
the United Kingdom entered the war her
colonies and dominions all became
involved to different degrees
this brought Australia Canada India New
Zealand and South Africa into the fray
also based on its military agreement
with Britain Japan joined the conflict
on August 23rd 1914 at first Italy
declared a policy of neutrality
despite their connections to both
Germany and austria-hungary by treaty
Italy claimed that because the actions
of its allies were offensive it did not
have to respect obligations to either
instead the country joined the Triple on
Taunton were against Germany and
austria-hungary the following year the
reason for the change of heart was 1915
secret Treaty of London which promised
at least significant territorial gains
at austria-hungary’s expense after the
war had finished the Ottoman Empire was
pulled into the conflict after harboring
German ships that went on to attack a
Russian port joining austria-hungary and
Germany together these countries became
known as the central powers along with
Bulgaria who entered the war in 1915 the
Allied powers was the name
given to the trip lon Tonks ID as it saw
more and more countries join alongside
them Romania and Portugal joined in 1916
as did Greece in 1917 one of the only
world powers still not involved in the
first world war by this point was the
United States
the United Kingdom was concerned that
they would actually join on the side of
the Central Powers because of their anti
colonial stance and history with the
British Empire however the United States
of America avoided the conflict until
1917 what changed that was a telegram
sent from Germany to Mexico that was
intercepted in January of that year in
what became known as the Zimmermann
telegram Germany sought the help of
Mexico in the event that the United
States did join the war alongside the
Allies in return they were promised
support in reclaiming US land that once
belonged to Mexico in combination with
this Germany’s policy of unrestricted
submarine warfare began to threaten US
commercial shipping on April 6 1917 the
United States of America declared war
against Germany when all sides were in
place over 63 million people were
directly involved in World War one with
roughly 39 million for the Allies and 24
million for the Central Powers no war in
history has altered the political
landscape of Europe as this one did once
powerful empires fell and new countries
grew out of them political social and
economic consequences were felt the
world over and left even uninvolved
countries dealing with the consequences
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