Allies of World War I

Allied Powers
Entente
Allied Powers; Entente;
1914–1918
	Allies in blue; Central Powers in orange
Status	Military alliance
Membership	French Republic; United Kingdom; Kingdom of Italy (from 1915); Russian Empire (until 1917); United States (from 1917); Empire of Japan; ...see § Affiliated state combatants
Historical era	World War I
• Established	1914
• Disestablished	1918

The Allies or the Entente was an international military coalition of countries led by the French Republic, the United Kingdom, the Russian Empire, the United States, the Kingdom of Italy, and the Empire of Japan against the Central Powers of the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Tsardom of Bulgaria in World War I (1914–1918).

By the end of the first decade of the 20th century, the major European powers were divided between the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance. The Triple Entente was made up of the United Kingdom, France, and Russia. The Triple Alliance was originally composed of Germany, Austria–Hungary, and Italy, but Italy remained neutral in 1914. As the war progressed, each coalition added new members. Japan joined the Entente in 1914 and, despite proclaiming its neutrality at the beginning of the war, Italy also joined the Entente in 1915. The term "Allies" became more widely used than "Entente",^{[citation needed]} although the United Kingdom, France, Russia, and Italy were also referred to as the Quadruple Entente and, together with Japan, as the Quintuple Entente.^[1]^[2] The colonies administered by the countries that fought for the Allies were also part of the Entente powers such as American Philippines, Belgian Congo, British India, French Algeria, and Japanese Korea.

The United States joined near the end of the war in 1917 (the same year in which Russia withdrew from the conflict) as an "associated power" rather than an official ally. Other "associated members" included Serbia, Belgium, Montenegro, Asir, Nejd and Hasa, Portugal, Romania, Hejaz, Panama, Cuba, Greece, China, Siam, Brazil, Armenia, Luxembourg, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Haiti, Liberia, and Honduras.^[3] The treaties signed at the Paris Peace Conference recognized the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Japan, and the United States as "the Principal Allied and Associated Powers";^[4] France, the UK, Italy, and the US were also referred as the "Big Four" top powers of the war.^[5]

^ Torkunov, Anatoly V.; Martyn, Boris F.; Wohlforth, William C. (8 January 2020). History of International Relations and Russian Foreign Policy in the 20th Century (Volume I). Cambridge Scholars. ISBN 9781527545021.
^ Torkunov, Anatoly V.; Wohlforth, William C.; Martyn, Boris F. (8 January 2020). History of International Relations and Russian Foreign Policy in the 20th Century (Volume I). Cambridge Scholars. ISBN 978-1-5275-4502-1.
^ Karel Schelle, The First World War and the Paris Peace Agreement, GRIN Verlag, 2009, p. 24
^ Preamble, Treaty of Versailles Australian Treaty Series 1920 No 1
^ "Leaders of the Big Four nations meet for the first time in Paris". history.com.

[1] Torkunov, Anatoly V.; Martyn, Boris F.; Wohlforth, William C. (8 January 2020). History of International Relations and Russian Foreign Policy in the 20th Century (Volume I). Cambridge Scholars. ISBN 9781527545021.

[2] Torkunov, Anatoly V.; Wohlforth, William C.; Martyn, Boris F. (8 January 2020). History of International Relations and Russian Foreign Policy in the 20th Century (Volume I). Cambridge Scholars. ISBN 978-1-5275-4502-1.

[3] Karel Schelle, The First World War and the Paris Peace Agreement, GRIN Verlag, 2009, p. 24

[4] Preamble, Treaty of Versailles Australian Treaty Series 1920 No 1

[5] "Leaders of the Big Four nations meet for the first time in Paris". history.com.

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