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Brazil officially declared neutrality on August 4, 1914. At the beginning of the war, although neutral, it faced a complicated social and economic situation. The Brazilian economy was largely based on exports of agricultural products such as coffee, latex, and very limited industrial manufacturing.
Map of the world with the participants in World War I c. 1917. Allied Powers in blue, Central Powers in orange, and the neutral countries are in grey. The identification of the causes of World War I remains a debated issue.
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1914–1918 Online: International Encyclopedia of the First World War is an international, English-language online encyclopedia of the First World War. Deemed the largest research network of its kind, it officially went online on 8 October 2014. [1] The editorial office is staffed by historians and uses Semantic MediaWiki.
Brazil in World War I (1 C, 3 P, 1 F) British Empire in World War I (14 C, 37 P) Bulgaria in World War I (8 C, 23 P) C. ... Pages in category "World War I by country"
It involved all the world's great powers, [1] which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (centred on the Triple Entente of Britain, France and Russia) and the Central Powers (originally centred on the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy). [2]
First World War (1914–1918) (Limited involvement, 1917–1918) France United Kingdom Russia United States Italy Japan Brazil and others Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria and others: Victory. Fall of the German, Austro-Hungarian, and Ottoman empires; Formation of new countries in Europe and the Middle East;
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."