Central Powers - Other Movements

Other Movements

Other movements supported the efforts of the Central Powers for their own reasons, such as the Irish Nationalists who launched the Easter Rising in Dublin in April 1916; they referred to their "gallant allies in Europe". In 1914, Józef Piłsudski was permitted by Germany and Austria-Hungary to form independent Polish legions. Piłsudski wanted his legions to help the Central Powers defeat Russia and then side with France and the UK and win the war with them. During the years 1917 and 1918, the Finns under C.G.E. Mannerheim and Lithuanian nationalists fought Russia for a common cause. With the Soviet Russia aggression in the late 1917, the government of Ukraine sought a military protection first from the Central powers and later from the armed forces of the Entente. The Ottoman Empire also had its own allies in Azerbaijan and the Northern Caucasus. The three nations fought alongside each other under the Army of Islam in the Battle of Baku.

• Kaocen Revolt
• Zaian War
• Irish Republican Brotherhood
• Hindu–German Conspiracy
• Niedermayer-Hentig Expedition
• Senussi Campaign
• Polish Legions in World War I
• Kingdom of Finland (1918)
• Kingdom of Lithuania (1918)
• Protectorate of Ukraine (Ukrainian People's Republic and Ukrainian State)
• Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (1918)
• Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
• Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus