what countries were the western front in ww1?
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The Western Front, a 400-plus mile stretch of land weaving through France and Belgium from the Swiss border to the North Sea, was the decisive front during the First World War.
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New European borders, the League of Nations and Germany reparations. Taken as a whole, the treaties concluded after World War I redrew the borders of Europe, carving up the former Austro-Hungarian Empire into states like Yugoslavia, Poland and Czechoslovakia.
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There were 12 countries that remained neutral for the whole war. Ireland - the policy of neutrality was adopted by its parliament - Oireachtas.
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Assorted References. The major Allied powers in World War I were Great Britain (and the British Empire), France, and the Russian Empire, formally linked by the Treaty of London of September 5, 1914.
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The war quickly involved countries not part of the Triple Entente, so the opposing side was known as the Allies: Serbia, Russia, France and its Empire, Belgium, Montenegro and Britain and its Empire, including self-governing colonies like Canada and Australia. Italy changed sides and joined the Allies in 1915.
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Argentina, Chile, Denmark, The Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Venezuela, Sweden and Switzerland. Only these countries were neutral during the Great War 1914-1918.
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['France.', 'British Empire.', 'Russia.', 'Japan.', 'Italy.', 'United States.']
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Fiji was only peripherally involved in World War I which was fought mainly in Europe. More than 1,500 men volunteered for war service with British forces.
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They pitted France against Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, Russia and several other monarchies. They are divided in two periods: the War of the First Coalition (1792–97) and the War of the Second Coalition (1798–1802). Initially confined to Europe, the fighting gradually assumed a global dimension.
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World War I began in 1914 after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and lasted until 1918. During the conflict, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire (the Central Powers) fought against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan and the United States (the Allied Powers).
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World War I: Eastern FrontThe Eastern Front, where troops from Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Russia, and the Balkans fought, was larger than the Western Front.
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The Western Front was a military theatre of World War II encompassing Denmark, Norway, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Germany.
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['Nazi Germany had been at war with Great Britain and France since September 3, 1939, but little fighting took place on the western front until May 1940.', 'German military strategy involved invading the neutral Low Countries (Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg) in order to invade France.']
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['Fromelles on the Somme, France, July 1916.', 'Bullecourt, France, 1917.', 'Messines, Belgium, 1917.', 'Ypres (the battle of Passchedaele), Belgium, 1917.', 'Hamel Spur, France, 4 July 1918.', 'Mont St Quentin, France.', 'Peronne, France.', 'Hindenberg Line, France.']
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The Treaty of Versailles while primarily focused on Germany, had dramatic consequences for China. ... While no Chinese troops fought on the Western front directly, Chinese manpower supplied essential labour power freeing troops for the front lines. Here is how their contribution was reported in a war tabloid at the time.
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Triple Entente, association between Great Britain, France, and Russia, the nucleus of the Allied Powers in World War I.
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Argentina, Chile, Denmark, The Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Venezuela, Sweden and Switzerland. Only these countries were neutral during the Great War 1914-1918. The rest of the world conducted war with each other.