1. War Affects the World
Chapter 29 Section 3

2. I A Truly Global Conflict A. Fighting Rages Beyond Europe
Only major power still neutral was the US
Gallipoli Campaign= Allies decide to attack Dardanelles Straight – gateway to Ottoman Empire
Hoped they could take Constantinople and estab. Supply line to Russia
Gallipoli campaign  another stalemate (like Western Front)  Allies ambandon plan
GB & France rtecruit front their colonies to fight
Some fought in hopes that it would guarantee their freedom  Mohandas Gandhi

3. B. US Enters the War
GB blockades cause food shoertages in Germany  Focus fighting on seas
Germany establishes its own blockade on GB  Germany begins Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
German subs will sink any ship in GB waters w/o warning
Had already sunk Lusitania (American passenger ship)
GB intercepts Zimmerman Note & gives to US
Germany would help Mexico reconquer lands lost to US if they allied w/ Germany
Zim. Note + sinking ships + Econ ties w/ allied powers  US declaring war on Allied side

4. II War Affects the Home Front A. Governments Wage Total War
By time US joins war has gone on for 3 yrs. effects civilians
WWI  Total War = countries devote all resources to war effort
Gov’ts tell factories what to produce & convert factories to munitions factories
Any able bodied person worked  low unemployment
Short supplies  rationing = buy and sell limited amounts of goods needed for the war effort

5. Gov’t also suppress anti- war activity & s=censor news about the war
Used propaganda = one sided information designed to persuade or keep up morale for the war
War posters were main source of propaganda

6. IV the Allies Win the War A. Russia Withdraws from War
US enters war tipping balance in allies favor
Civilan unrest due to shortages  brink of gov’t collapse
Czar Nicholas abandons the throne  new gov’t in place Russians refuse to continue fighting
8 months later  communist revolution led by Vladamir Lenin (seizes power)
Offers Germany a truce  Treaty of Bresk-Letovsk = ended war between them
Required Russia to surrender lands to Germany

7. B. A Failed Final Push
Russia’s withdrawal allows Germany to send all troops to western front
Reach Marne R. make one last push for Paris
Allies and Germans clash at Second Battle of the Marne  allied victory & push towards Germany
Central Powers begin to fall  Kaiser Wilhelm forced to step down  Germany declares itself a republic
New German republic signs armistice
Agreement to stop fighting