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The Central Powers began as an alliance between the German Empire and the Austrian/Hungarian Empire during World War I. The Central Powers were at war with the Allies. Britain on the Western Front and Russia on the Eastern Front. The Central Powers’ biggest advantage was their location, as the name would suggest, they were geographically central in Europe. This made them much faster and mobile than the Allies in transporting troops and ammunition to and from battles, this was a huge advantage. They had a very efficient domestic railway system which allowed them to move as much as 70% faster than their British counterparts. For instance, German troops could travel from the Western Front to the Eastern Front in less than a week. While a British troop would have to take meandering and indirect railways through several countries and usually a portion of the journey on ship before arriving at the battle. The trip would usually take two to three weeks one way. What the Central Powers did is referred to as “operating on interior lines”.
The Central Powers gained even more railway access when the Ottoman empire joined on their side of the war on October 29th of 1914. And again the following year when Bulgaria joined the growing alliance on October 14th.
Their opponent, the Allies included Britain, Russia, Italy, Serbia, America, France, and Belgium.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Central-Powers
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/central-powers
The Central Powers began as an alliance between the German Empire and the Austrian/Hungarian Empire during World War I. The Central Powers were at war with the Allies. Britain on the Western Front and Russia on the Eastern Front. The Central Powers’ biggest advantage was their location, as the name would suggest, they were geographically central in Europe. This made them much faster and mobile than the Allies in transporting troops and ammunition to and from battles, this was a huge advantage. They had a very efficient domestic railway system which allowed them to move as much as 70% faster than their British counterparts. For instance, German troops could travel from the Western Front to the Eastern Front in less than a week. While a British troop would have to take meandering and indirect railways through several countries and usually a portion of the journey on ship before arriving at the battle. The trip would usually take two to three weeks one way. What the Central Powers did is referred to as “operating on interior lines”.
The Central Powers gained even more railway access when the Ottoman empire joined on their side of the war on October 29th of 1914. And again the following year when Bulgaria joined the growing alliance on October 14th.
Their opponent, the Allies included Britain, Russia, Italy, Serbia, America, France, and Belgium.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Central-Powers
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/central-powers