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SteveGermany, Austria and - in the end - the Ottoman Empire as the so-called "Axis" countries on the one side, and the Russian Empire, France and Britain and in the end the US and Italy as the "Allied" countries. Other countries were unwillingly involved because they were overrun or because their country became a battlefield, like Belgium.
It is called the first "world' war because technically, all the warring countries' many colonies and posessions were automatically involved in the war as well. The name "World War 1" is by the way a later invention: at the time and until after 1940/1945 it was called - and sometimes still is, especially in Great Britain - the Great War. To give you an idea of all the countries/colonies technically if not actively involved in WW 1, here is the complete list. It's seperated by continent/area :
African Nations
Algeria
Angola
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Basutoland
Bechuanaland
Belgian Congo
British East Africa (Kenya)
British Gold Coast
British Somaliland
Cameroon
Cabinda
Egypt
Eritrea
French Equatorial Africa
Gabun
Middle Congo
Ubangi-Schari
French Somaliland
French West Africa
Dahomey
Guinea
Ivory Coast
Mauretania
Senegal
Upper Senegal and Niger
Gambia
German East Africa
Italian Somaliland
Liberia
Madagascar
Morocco
Portuguese East Africa (Mozambique)
Nigeria
Northern Rhodesia
Nyasaland
Sierra Leone
South Africa
South West Africa (Namibia)
Southern Rhodesia
Togoland
Tripoli
Tunisia
Uganda and Zanzibar
America
Brazil
Canada
Costa Rica
Cuba
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Guadeloupe
Newfoundland
Nicaragua
Panama
Philippines
U.S.A
West Indies
Bahamas
Barbados
British Guiana
British Honduras
French Guiana
Grenada
Jamaica
Leeward Islands
St. Lucia
St. Vincent
Asia
Aden
Arabia
Bahrein
El Qatar
Kuwait
Trucial Oman
Borneo
Ceylon
China
India
Japan
Persia
Russia
Siam
Singapore
Transcaucasia
Turkey
Australasia and Pacific Islands
Antipodes
Auckland
Austral Islands
Australia
Bismarck Archipelgeo
Bounty
Campbell
Carolina Islands
Chatham Islands
Christmas
Cook Islands
Ducie
Elice Islands
Fanning
Flint
Fiji Islands
Gilbert Islands
Kermadec Islands
Macquarie
Malden
Mariana Islands
Marquesas Islands
Marshal Islands
(Australian) New Guinea
New Caledonia
New Hebrides
New Zealand
Norfolk
Palau Islands
Palmyra
Paumoto Islands
Pitcairn
Pheonix Islands
Samoa Islands
Tokelau Islands
Tonga
Europe
Albania
Austria-Hungary
Belgium
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Estonia
Finland
France
Great Britain
Germany
Greece
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Montenegro
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Turkey
Atlantic Islands
Ascension
Sandwich Islands
South Georgia
St. helena
Tristan da Cunha
Indian Ocean Islands
Andaman Islands
Cocos Islands
Mauritius
Nicobar Islands
Reunion
Seychelles
The main Entente Powers, or Allies, of World War 1 were the British Empire, Belgium, Brazil, France, Greece, Italy, Japan, Liberia, Montenegro, Portugal, Romania, Russia and the United States. The Central Powers included Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire.
Allied states
Belgium (including Belgian colonial forces)
British Empire
Australia
British crown colonies
Canada
India
New Zealand
Newfoundland
South Africa
United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland
France (including French colonial forces)
Kingdom of Greece (May 1917 and after)
Kingdom of Italy (April 1915 and after)
Empire of Japan
Kingdom of Montenegro
Portugal (March 1916 and after) (including Portuguese colonial forces)
Kingdom of Romania (August 1916-May 1918)
Russian Empire (until November 1917)
Kingdom of Serbia
United States of America (April 1917 and after)
as well as:
Albania
Andorra
Armenia (May 1918 and after)
Bolivia (April 1917 and after)
Brazil (October 1917 and after)
China (August 1917 and after)
Costa Rica (May 1918 and after)
Cuba (April 1917 and after)
Czechoslovakia
Ecuador (December 1917 and after)
Guatemala (April 1918 and after)
Liberia (August 1917 and after)
Haiti (July 1918 and after)
Honduras (July 1918 and after)
Nicaragua (May 1918 and after)
Panama (December 1917 and after)
Peru (October 1917 and after)
San Marino (June 1915 and after)
Siam (July 1917 and after)
Uruguay (October 1917 and after)
Here are the Central Powers
Central Powers
Austro-Hungarian Empire (Austria, Hungary, and parts of the Balkan states, Bosnia, Hertzegovnia, Serbia, part of Montenegro ,and others)
Bulgaria
German Empire Germany and its states, as well as member states and colonies of its empire in Africa, Asia and the Pacific.)
Ottoman Empire (Turkey and its empire)
- 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, Which_countries_were_involved_in_World_War_1, 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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List of states involved in civil war?
The civil war is canceled.
What was the US response to the start world war 1?
At the beginning of World War I, the US assumed an isolationist policy which basically means that we refused to get involved. While remaining isolationist, the US tried to get the other countries involved to declare peace.
When did the United States get involved in World War 2?
when Americans got involved in WW2In world war 2, Americans got involved right after the Japanese attacked pearl harbor. AnswerPearl Harbor.
Why was world war 2 so destructive?
World War II was the most destructive war in human history, first of all, because of the number of nations involved. Nations on nearly every continent took part, and its conflicts were waged on most of the world's land, seas, and air spaces. Another cause of the great destruction was the sophistication of the weapons involved, which never before had been utilized in war.
Which two countries each had a civil war after independence?
here are a list of civil wars: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_civil_wars and here's a list of wars of independence: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Independence For countries that had both a war of independence and a civil war I would say that America and Ireland would be most notable. Along with many south and central American countries including Mexico, Cuba and Guatemala.
