The Warring Camps

Allied powers also known as Allies refers to those countries which formed an alliance in opposition to the Central or Axis Powers in World War I. The Allied powers consisted of several countries that joined their forces beginning in 1914 and they are as follow: (1). Great Britain (2.)Russia (3.) France (4.) Belgium (5.)Serbia in 1917: and the (6.) The United States. Central Powers was the World War 1 coalition that was defeated by the Allied Powers. The countries included in the Central Powers were as follow: (1). Germany (2). Austria-Hungary (3). Ottoman Turkey and (4). Bulgaria. Between August 1st and 4th the German Empire, which had given Austria-Hungary a "blank check" in relation to Serbia, in rapid succession declared war against Russia, France and Belgium. For the first three months of the war Germany and Austria-Hungary constituted the Central Power belligerents. From August 1 through October 1914 the alliance was therefore known as "der Zweibund", the Association of Two. On November 10th they were joined by the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) which officially enjoined hostilities against Russia, Great Britain and France. The alliance became "der Dreibund", The Association of three. The Central Powers reached what was to be their full strength on October 14, 1915 with Bulgaria’s entry into the war against Serbia as massed German and Austro-Hungarian armies attacked from the North. The alliance therefore be came “der Vierbund”, the association of four, which was to remain until the disintegration of late 1918.
The U.S. joined, but not until the Zimmerman Telegram was sent. The Zimmerman telegram was a telegram sent from the Foreign Secretary of the German Empire name Arthur Zimmerman. The telegram stated that if the U.S. was to announce war on Mexico that they would declare war on the U.S. to distract them, and hopefully stop the United States from joining WWI. The telegram was intercepted by Great Britain and publicly announced in the U.S. which caused