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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).
Britain encouraged the Russo-Japanese rapprochement. Thus was built the Triple Entente coalition that fought World War I. [1] At the start of World War I in 1914, all three Triple Entente members entered it as Allied Powers against the Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. [2]
The Triple Entente describes the informal understanding between the Russian Empire, the French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It formed a powerful counterweight to the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Ottoman Empire. The conquest of many of these regions created resentment against the Entente ...
Lack of preparation of the army was cited as the decision for the non-compliance with the treaty. Failure to declare war on other Central Powers, especially Germany, led to isolation of Italy among the Entente powers. [41] Following pressure from the Entente and internal political struggle, war was declared on the Ottoman Empire on 20 August. [42]
If Bulgaria entered the war on the side of the Central Powers then Serbia would have been defeated, which could influence the still neutral Romania and Greece. If Bulgaria allied itself with the Entente it would have disrupted the links of Germany and Austria-Hungary with the Ottoman Empire and would have taken the straits opening a sea route ...
The Treaty of Bucharest was concluded between Romania and the Entente powers (Britain, France, Italy, and Russia) on August 17, 1916; under this treaty, Romania pledged to attack Austria-Hungary and not to seek a separate peace in exchange for certain territorial gains. Article 16 of that treaty provided that "the present arrangement shall be ...
Allies of World War I, sometimes referred to as "The Entente", "The Entente Powers", or "The Entente Forces" Little Entente (1920–1938), between Czechoslovakia, Romania, and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia; Balkan Entente (1934–1938), between Greece, Turkey, Romania and Yugoslavia; Baltic Entente (1934–1939), between Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia
Chinese workers during WWI. China participated in World War I from 1917 to 1918 in an alliance with the Entente Powers.Although China never sent troops overseas, 140,000 Chinese labourers (as a part of the British Army, the Chinese Labour Corps) served for both British and French forces before the end of the war. [1]