1. Aim: Describe the spread of the conflict during World War I

2. The Gallipoli Campaign
World War I was much more than a European conflict
All the Great Powers looked for other allies around the globe to tip the balance
February 1915: Promising strategy for the Allies was to attack a region in the Ottoman Empire known as the Dardanelles
Gateway to the Ottoman Capital (Constantinople)
Became known as the Gallipoli Campaign
Turkish troops defended the region
Gallipoli turned into another stalemate
December, Allies gave up the campaign and began to evacuate 2

3. Battles in Africa & Asia
Germany’s colonial possessions came under assault
Japanese quickly overran German outposts in China
British and French recruited subjects in their colonies for the struggle
Fight troops came from India, South Africa, Senegal, Egypt Algeria, & Indochina
Many fought and died on the battlefield
Some colonial subjects wanted nothing to do with their European rulers’ conflicts
Others volunteered in the hope that service would lead to their independence 3

4. America Joins the Fight
1917: War shifted to the high seas
January: The Germans announced that their submarines would sink without warning any ship in the waters around Britain
Policy called Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
May 7, 1915: A German Submarine sunk British passenger ship Lusitania
128 US Citizens died
American public was outraged
Germans knew unrestricted submarine warfare would lead to war with the United States
Ignoring President Wilson, Germany sank 3 American ships
April 2, 1917: US enters war with Allies 4