central powers
- n in World War I the alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary and other nations allied with them in opposing the Allies
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- Living History: Utah’s Maud Fitch had the right stuff in WWI
On April 6, 1917, the United States joined the Allied forces to defeat Germany and the Central Powers in what was then called the Great War (1914-18). More than 200 bilingual female telephone operators, called “Hello Girls,” were recruited to serve abroad. An initial corps of 400 nurses was sent to France to work in base hospitals. And nearing the war’s end, Maud Fitch, a 35-year-old society gal ...
Sept. 29, 2013 - The Salt Lake Tribune