Central Powers

plural noun

1. (in World War I) Germany and Austria-Hungary, often with their allies Turkey and Bulgaria, as opposed to the Allies.

Central Powers

plural noun

1. European history
   1. (before World War I) Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary after they were linked by the Triple Alliance in 1882
   2. (during World War I) Germany and Austria-Hungary, together with their allies Turkey and Bulgaria

Central Powers

1. Germany and its allies (Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria , and the Ottoman Empire ) in World War I .

Example Sentences

Germany and Austria-Hungary were called the Central Powers.

From Literature

Germany’s partners among the Central Powers had already sued for peace.

From Literature

Italy, meanwhile, after renouncing its treaty agreements with the Central Powers, had entered the war on the side of the Allies.

From Literature

The little Balkan nation of Bulgaria, watching the Italian and Russian setbacks, threw in its lot with the Central Powers.

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French, British, Russian, and Italian armies were to launch a joint offensive in several areas, east and west, attacking the Central Powers from all sides and preventing them from shifting their reserves from one front to another.

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