Who Will Win First World War?

The war pitted the Central Powers—mainly Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey—against the Allies—mainly France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan, and, from 1917, the United States. It ended with the defeat of the Central Powers.
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Which country fight 1st World War?

During the conflict, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire (the Central Powers) fought against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Canada, Japan and the United States (the Allied Powers).
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Who will fight in World War?

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  • World War II began in Europe on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland. ...
  • The main combatants were the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) and the Allies (France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and, to a lesser extent, China).
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What stop the First World War?

The Treaty of Versailles, which officially ended World War I, was signed on June 28, 1919. The main authors of the treaty were the leaders of France, England, Italy and the United States. Germany and its former allies were not allowed to participate in the negotiations.
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Did the US win World War 1?

That December, America declared war against Austria-Hungary (America never was formally at war with the Ottoman Empire or Bulgaria). When the war concluded in November 1918, with a victory for the Allies, more than 2 million U.S. troops had served at the Western Front in Europe, and more than 50,000 of them died.
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Did the US ever lose a war?

However, the US was unable to get any significant victory in its wars abroad. America fought five major wars after 1945 including Korea, Vietnam, Gulf War, Iraq, and Afghanistan in addition to some minor wars in Somalia, Yemen, and Libya. Except for the Gulf War in 1991, America lost all other wars.
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Has America ever been invaded?

The country has been physically invaded on several occasions—once during the War of 1812, once during the Mexican–American War, several times during the Mexican Border War, and three times during World War II, two of which were air attacks on American soil.
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How Long Could World War 1 have lasted?

It would last for more than four years, and kill about nine million people in uniform. In the same time period the war and other violent conflicts would kill an estimated twenty million civilians. The world would never be the same.
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Could World War 1 have been avoidable?

If Franz Ferdinand hadn't been assassinated—if it had been someone else—then Austria-Hungary would almost certainly not have gone to war because he was the head of the faction that wanted to avoid war.
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Is World War 1 avoidable?

WWI was avoidable because Germany could have not feared the future balance of power in Europe and Bismark and the Kaiser could have made better diplomatic decisions. Germany feared the shifting power balance in Europe and therefore made some unnecessary moves that contributed to WWI happening.
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How hard would it be to invade the US?

In order to launch an invasion of America, an enemy country would need to defeat most of the US military. There is almost no country in the world that could do this. America also has military bases all over the world – further making an invasion of the mainland United States practically impossible.
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Who has the strongest war in the world?

However, for now, the US remains the most powerful military in the world. The Russian war and China's increasingly aggressive posture in the Pacific is increasing its anxiety and thus forcing it to boost its defense budget, thereby helping major defense companies.
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Who has the strongest war?

Who has the most powerful military? According to Statista, the most powerful military in the world is the United States military. Statista uses an index with 50 different factors such as military might to budget to give each country a score.
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Who won ww1 and who lost?

The war pitted the Central Powers—mainly Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey—against the Allies—mainly France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan, and, from 1917, the United States. It ended with the defeat of the Central Powers.
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Why did America enter ww1?

Germany's resumption of submarine attacks on passenger and merchant ships in 1917 became the primary motivation behind Wilson's decision to lead the United States into World War I.
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Did Germany try to ally with Mexico?

The Zimmermann Telegram (or Zimmermann Note or Zimmerman Cable) was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico if the United States entered World War I against Germany.
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Who would have won WW1 without America?

It must be baldly stated: Germany would have won World War I had the U.S. Army not intervened in France in 1918. The French and British were barely hanging on in 1918.
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What happens if you refuse to go to war in WW1?

In the First World War, those who refused to fight in the conflict – known as conscientious objectors (COs) – were often treated harshly and vilified.
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Could the US remain neutral in World War 1?

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US President Woodrow Wilson sought to maintain US neutrality but was ultimately unable to keep the United States out of the war, largely because of escalating German aggression.
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What is longest war in history?

The longest war in history is believed to be the Reconquista (Spanish for Reconquest), with a duration of 781 years.
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How many people died in World War 1?

The total number of military and civilian casualties in World War I, was around 40 million. There were 20 million deaths and 21 million wounded. The total number of deaths includes 9.7 million military personnel and about 10 million civilians.
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Was ww1 the worst war?

Also called The Great War, World War I was one of the deadliest conflicts in history, and set the stage for another world war just 20 years later. It was known as “The Great War”—a land, air and sea conflict so terrible, it left over 8 million military personnel and 6.6 million civilians dead.
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How many wars has the US lost?

The US lost the War of 1812, Powder River Indian War, Red Cloud's War, Formosa Expedition (Paiwan War), Second Samoan War, Russian Civil War, Korean War, Bay of Pigs Invasion, and the Vietnam War.
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When did the US and Russia become enemies?

We call it the Cold War, but in October 1962 the world seemed about to incinerate. The Soviet decision to install nuclear missiles in Cuba triggered a crisis with the United States that threatened a global holocaust.
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Has the US ever invaded Russia if so when?

Unfortunately, this is not the plot for another trashy mini-series. The United States actually did invade and occupy Russia during the end of World War I. An understanding of America's invasion and occupation of the Soviet Union in 1918-1919 is important for two reasons.
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