The major Allied powers<span> in World War I were </span>Great Britain<span> (and the</span>British Empire<span>), </span>France<span>, and the </span>Russian Empire<span>, formally linked by the </span>Treaty of London<span> of September 5, 1914. Other countries that had been, or came to be, allied by treaty to one or more of those powers were also called Allies: Portugal and Japan by treaty with Britain; Italy by the </span>Treaty of London<span> of April 26, 1915, with all three powers. Other countries—including the </span>United States<span> after its entry on April 6, 1917—that were arrayed against the Central Powers were called “Associated Powers,” not Allied powers; U.S. President </span>Woodrow Wilson<span> emphasized that distinction to preserve America’s free hand. The </span>Treaty of Versailles<span> (June 28, 1919) concluding the war listed 27 “Allied and Associated Powers”: </span>Belgium<span>, </span>Bolivia<span>, </span>Brazil<span>, the British Empire, </span>China<span>, </span>Cuba<span>, </span>Czechoslovakia<span>, </span>Ecuador<span>, France, </span>Greece,Guatemala<span>, </span>Haiti<span>, the </span>Hejaz<span>, </span>Honduras<span>, Italy, Japan, </span>Liberia,Nicaragua<span>, </span>Panama<span>, </span>Peru<span>, </span>Poland<span>, </span>Portugal<span>, </span>Romania<span>, </span>Serb-Croat-Slovene State<span>, </span>Siam<span>, the United States, and </span>Uruguay<span>.</span>
After ww1 the league of nations made Germany pay a lot of war debt which angered some people in Germany which then triggered the uprising of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party <span />
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