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Nations Involved in World War I Nations Involved in World War I
Key Events: Leading to World War I Key Events: Leading to World War I

Nations Involved in World War I

COUNTRY EVENT DATE
Austro-Hungarian Empire Declared war on Serbia July 28, 1914
Declared war on Russia August 6, 1914
Declared war on Belgium August 28, 1914
Declared war on Portugal March 15, 1916
Belgium Refused German ultimatum demanding permission for German troops to cross Belgium August 2, 1914
Invaded by Germany August 3-4, 1914
Bolivia Severed relations with Germany April 13, 1917
Brazil Severed relations with Germany April 11, 1917
Declared war on Germany October 26, 1917
Bulgaria Declared war on Serbia October 14, 1915
Declared war on Romania September 1, 1916
China Severed relations with Germany March 14, 1917
Declared war on Germany August 14, 1917
Declared war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire August 14, 1917
Costa Rica Severed relations with Germany September 21, 1917
Declared war on Germany May 23, 1918
Cuba Declared war on Germany April 7, 1917
Ecuador Severed relations with Germany December 8, 1917
France Invaded by Germany August 2, 1914
Declared war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire August 12, 1914
Declared war on Turkey November 5, 1914
Declared war on Bulgaria October 16, 1915
Germany Declared war on Russia August 1, 1914
Declared war on France August 3, 1914
Declared war on Belgium August 4, 1914
Declared war on Portugal March 9, 1916
Declared war on Romania August 28, 1916
Great Britain Declared war on Germany August 4, 1914
Declared war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire August 12, 1914
Declared war on Turkey November 5, 1914
Declared war on Bulgaria October 15, 1915
Greece Declared war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Bulgaria, Germany, and Turkey June 27, 1917
Guatemala Declared war on Germany April 23, 1918
Haiti Declared war on Germany July 12, 1918
Honduras Declared war on Germany July 19, 1918
Italy Declared war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire May 23, 1915
Declared war on Turkey August 21, 1915
Declared war on Bulgaria October 19, 1915
Declared war on Germany August 28, 1916
Japan Declared war on Germany August 23, 1914
Declared war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire August 25, 1914
Liberia Declared war on Germany August 4, 1917
Montenegro Declared war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire August 5, 1914
Declared war on Germany August 8, 1914
Declared war on Bulgaria October 15, 1915
Nicaragua Declared war on Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire May 8, 1918
Panama Declared war on Germany April 7, 1917
Declared war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire December 10, 1917
Peru Severed relations with Germany October 6, 1917
Portugal See Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire in this table
Romania Declared war on The Austro-Hungarian Empire August 27, 1916
Capitulated to Central Powers by Treaty of Bucharest May 7, 1918
Re-entered the war on the side of the Allies November 10, 1918
Russia Declared war on Turkey November 2, 1914
Declared war on Bulgaria October 19, 1915
San Marino Declared war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire June 3, 1915
Serbia Declared war on Germany August 6, 1914
Declared war on Turkey November 2, 1914
Siam Declared war on Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire July 22, 1917
Turkey Declared war on Romania August 30, 1916
Severed relations with the United States April 23, 1917
United States Declared war on Germany April 6, 1917
Declared war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire December 7, 1917
Uruguay Severed relations with Germany October 7, 1917
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