For the journal, see Injury Prevention (journal). Injury prevention is an effort to prevent or reduce the severity of bodily injuries caused by external mechanisms, such as accidents, before they occur.
Report Abuse. 1  WWI was primarily fought by the Central Powers -- Gemany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey --and the Triple Entente --Great Britain, France and Russia. Italy later joined the on the side of the Entente against Austria -Hungary, and of course, the United States eventually joined France and Britain to fight on the western front in 1917.
On April 6, 1917, the U.S. joined its allies--Britain, France, and Russia--to fight in World War I. Under the command of Major General John J. Pershing, more than 2 million U.S. soldiers fought on battlefields in France. Many Americans were not in favor of the U.S. entering the war and wanted to remain neutral. However, the U.S. eventually did enter the war.