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The Central Powers was the term used to describe the wartime alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary against the Allies. Later the term was extended to include Turkey and Bulgaria.
Illustration from Neil Demarco's The Great War
Central Powers in 1914
| Country |
Population |
Soldiers |
Battleships |
Foreign Trade (£) |
Steel Production (tons) |
| Germany |
65,000,000 |
8,500,000 |
40 |
1,030,380,000 |
17,024,000 |
| Austro-Hungary |
49,882,231 |
3,000,000 |
16 |
198,712,000 |
2,642,000 |
| Turkey |
21,373,900 |
360,000 |
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67,472,000 |
- |
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