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Central Powers
- Germany
- Austria-Hungary
- Ottoman Empire
- Bulgaria
Allies and associated powers
- Serbia
- Russia
- France
- Britain
- Belgium
- Romania
- US (entered in 1917 only after a German u-boat sunk a boat full of civilians)
- The British Commonwealth countries: Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, etc. Canada was part of this group but was almost instantly looked upon as a rising superpower for it's soldiers bravery and tactics, the Germans started calling them the "storm troopers" after they took Vimy Ridge (a vantage point previously thought impossible to take after numerous tries by the British and french)
- Italy
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