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Central Powers
plural noun
- (in World War I) Germany and Austria-Hungary, often with their allies Turkey and Bulgaria, as opposed to the Allies.
Central Powers
plural noun
- European history
- (before World War I) Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary after they were linked by the Triple Alliance in 1882
- (during World War I) Germany and Austria-Hungary, together with their allies Turkey and Bulgaria
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The little Balkan nation of Bulgaria, watching the Italian and Russian setbacks, threw in its lot with the Central Powers.
Our soldiers were on the ground in World War I fighting to stop the advancement of the Central Powers across Europe.
World leaders opted for what Keynes called a “Carthaginian Peaceâ€, designed to crush the Central Powers.
Six years before the series starts, British Empire stand-in The Burge retreated from the fae nation of Tirnanoc, leaving it in control of The Pact, a group inspired by the World War I Central Powers.
After the Royal Navy threw a tight blockade around the Central Powers, in 1914, German civilians waited in line all night in the hope of buying scarce meat, butter, or bread.
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