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1 The Great War Goes Global
How do other parts of the world become involved in the Great War?

2 I. The Gallipoli Campaign
A. 1915: Rus. losing badly on E. Front, need supplies (esp. gas masks) 1. German U-Boats patrol northern seas = no Northern supply route B. New plan = supply Russia from the south, thru Dardanelles sea strait 1. Germans ask Ottomans to block the Dardanelles sea strait C. British will send Australia & New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) troops to invade Gallipoli peninsula & open sea strait

3 D. Under the command Colonel Mustafa Kemal, Ottoman Empire uses trench warfare
1. Gallipoli becomes a bloody stalemate, ANZAC withdraws E. British encourage Arab Nationalists to revolt against the Ottomans 1. Punish Ottomans & enable British access to Middle East oil II. Great War Expands to Other Parts of the World A. Asia: Japan starts attacking German territory in China & Pacific B. Africa: British & French African colonies attack German-African colonies taking three of the four colonies C. War is expanding, more propaganda is being used 1. Need support of your own citizens but especially colonial people a. Many colonies are promised independence if they help


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