which countries were involved in the first world war?

Answer 1

Countries Involved:
Albania
Arabia
Austria-Hungary
Belgium and colonies
Brazil
Bulgaria
China
Costa Rica
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
Estonia
Finland
France and Empire
Great Britain and Empire
Germany and Empire
Greece
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Italy and colonies
Japan
Latvia
Liberia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Montenegro
Nicaragua
Panama
Persia
Philippines
Poland
Portugal and colonies
Romania
Russia
San Marino
Serbia
Siam
Turkey
Transcaucasia
Unites States of America

Answer 2

Australia Entered the war on 4 August 1914
Austria-Hungary Entered the war on 28 July 1914
Belgium Entered the war on 4 August 1914
Bulgaria Entered the war on 12 October 1915
Canada Entered the war on 4 August 1914
Czechoslovakia
Croatia
France Entered the war on 3 August 1914
Germany Entered the war on 1 August 1914
Greece Entered the war on 29 June 1917
India Entered the war on 4 August 1914
Ireland Entered the war on 4 August 1914
Italy Entered the war on 23 May 1915
Japan Entered the war on 23 August 1914
Netherlands Neutral Power
New Zealand Entered the war on 4 August 1914
Ottoman Empire Entered the war on 31 October 1914
Poland
Romania Entered the war on 27 August 1916
Russia Entered the war on 1 August 1914
Serbia Entered the war on 28 July 1914
South Africa Entered the war on 4 August 1914
United Kingdom Entered the war on 4 August 1914
United States of America Entered the war on 6 April 1917 (late as usual)

Answer 3

The relevance of 'world' in the name 'First World War' is often difficult to see, for books, articles and documentaries generally concentrate on the European and American belligerents; even the Middle East and Anzac - Australian and New Zealand - forces can be glossed over. The use of world is not, as non-Europeans might suspect, the result of some self-important bias towards the West, because a full list of the countries involved reveals a potentially surprising picture of global activity. Between 1914 - 1918, over 100 countries from Africa, America, Asia, Australasia and Europe were part of the conflict.

Of course, these levels of 'involvement' differed hugely. Some countries mobilised millions of troops and fought hard for over four years, some were used as reservoirs of goods and manpower by their colonial rulers, while others simply declared war late on and contributed only moral support. Many were drawn in by colonial links: when Britain, France and Germany declared war they were also committing their empires, automatically involving most of Africa, India and Australasia, while the entry of the US in 1917 prompted much of central America to follow.

Consequently, the countries in the following lists did not necessarily send troops and few saw fighting on their own soil; rather, they are countries who either declared war or were considered involved in the conflict (such as being invaded before they could declare anything!) It's important to remember though, that the effects of World War One went beyond even this truly global list: even countries who remained neutral felt the economic and political effects of a conflict which shattered the established global order.

Countries listed by continent
Countries listed alphabetically
Countries in the British Empire
Countries in the French Empire
Countries in the German Empire
Belgian Colonies
Portuguese Colonies
Italian Colonies
Map of the Globe showing relevant countries


Did You Know?:
• Brazil was the only independent South American country to declare war; they joined the Entente countries against Germany and Austria-Hungary in 1917. Other Sotuh American nations severed their relations with Germany but did not declare war: Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay (all in 1917).
• Despite Africa's size, the only regions to remain neutral were Ethiopia and the four small Spanish colonies of Rio de Oro (Spanish Sahara), Rio Muni, Ifni and Spanish Morocco.

Answer 4

America, British Empire, France, Russia, Italy, Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire

Answer 5

The allied powers were, Russia, France, Britian, Italy, United States, the Axis powers were the Austrian Hungarian Empire, The German Empire, the Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria.

Answer 6

More interesting to ask which ones where not involved. Especially as apart from the combatant states in open warfare in one way and another there was the co belligerants (those who had cut diplomatic relations with one side or other but did not field a force of arms in any theatre) the friendly Neturals (those who supplied arms or raw materials to either side in return for inflated prices) Armed neturals (those that protected their borders, ships and people against all sides), friendly Diplomatic nations (that tried to influence one side or the other through diplomatic channels often in the form of espionage or intelligence gathering) which then left only a few countires that did not phyiscally engage in any form of support in any way with either side.

Answer 7

United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and Russia...I'll double check, though.

Yeah...also: Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.

Answer 8

US, Uk, Germany, France, Russia, Austria and Italy

Answer 9

Macedonians were involved too - They were conscripted in Bulgarian, Serbian and Greek army. Only in the Bulgarian army they had their own 11th Macedonian Division.

Answer 10

America arrived late. They missed the somme......