Editing Central Powers (section)

=== Liechtenstein ===
{{Further information|Liechtenstein during World War I}}[[File:Imhof_Leopold.jpg|thumb|200x200px|[[Leopold Freiherr von Imhof]], [[List of heads of government of Liechtenstein|Governor of Liechtenstein]] from 1914 to 1918]]
Liechtenstein was officially neutral throughout World War I, though the general population and government was supportive of the Central Powers, particularly [[Austria-Hungary]], with which the two countries had been in a [[customs union]] since 1852. However, from September 1914 food deliveries from Austria-Hungary began to decrease, which quickly soured the initial war support.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Quaderer |first=Rupert |author-link=Rupert Quaderer |date=31 December 2011 |title=Erster Weltkrieg |url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Erster_Weltkrieg |access-date=28 September 2023 |website=[[Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein]] |language=de}}</ref> By 1916 all food deliveries from Austria-Hungary had ceased, which forced Liechtenstein to seek closer ties with Switzerland in order to ensure food deliveries continued.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=21 March 1915 |title=10,000 Neutrals Starving; Swiss Government Sends Food to Liechtenstein Population. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1915/03/21/archives/10000-neutrals-starving-swiss-government-sends-food-to.html |access-date=6 October 2023 |work=[[The New York Times]] |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> From 1916, Liechtenstein was embargoed by the Entente countries due to its connections with the Central Powers; this caused mass unemployment in the country.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marxer |first=Roland |date=31 December 2011 |title=Neutralität |url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Neutralität |access-date=28 September 2023 |website=[[Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein]] |language=de}}</ref> The government remained sympathetic to the Central Powers until 7 November 1918, when the [[November 1918 Liechtenstein putsch]] took place and a new government took power.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Quaderer |first=Rupert |author-link=Rupert Quaderer |date=31 December 2011 |title=Novemberputsch 1918 |url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Novemberputsch_1918 |access-date=3 October 2023 |website=[[Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein]] |language=de}}</ref>