CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE WORLD WAR IBEGINS CHAPTER TWO THE ALLIES LONG PATH TO VICTORY CHAPTER THREE KEY FIGURES OF THE ALLIED FORCESU 43 CHAPTER FOUR KEY FIGURES OF THE CENTRAL POWERS 14
IN TRODUCTION W BRIE AT LAN TIC 0 C E A N SWI orld War also called the Great War was an international conflict that in 1914 18 embroiled most of the nations of Europe along with Russia the United States the Middle East and other regions The war pitted the Central Powers mainly Germany Austria Hungary and the Ottoman Empire Turkey against the Allies mainly France Great Britain Russia Italy Japan and from 1917 the United States It ended with the defeat of the Central Powers The war was virtually unprecedented in the slaughter carnage and destruction it caused PORTUGAL SPAIN 0 km 500 0 miles 500
INTRODUCTION 7 TO PLC North Sea ZT R US S IAN DENMARK E MPIRE NET GERMANY BELGID FRANCE ZERLAND AUSTRIA DR HUNGARY ROMANIA Black Sea BULGARIA E OTTOMAN PO EMPIRE GREECE REAGAN a ed it terr a n e a n Sea 1000 This map of Europe during World War I shows the Allies in green the Central Powers in pink and neutral countries in
