World War IA Global Conflict

Gallipoli Campaign

• Allies plan to defeat the Ottomans and create a supply line to Russia

Russia

Ottoman Empire

Central Powers

Gallipoli Campaign

• Allies suffered large losses and evacuated

• Armenians pledged support for the Allies because of mass slaughter and genocide by the Ottomans years earlier

Africa and Asia (Gallipoli)

• Allies attacked German colonies and possessions

• Japan overran German outposts in China

• British and French recruited subjects around the globe to fight/ help

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

• A German policy to sink without warning any ship in the waters around Great Britain

• May 7, 1917 U-Boat sinks Lusitania

• Americans are outrages

Submarine Warfare

• Zimmerman Note encouraged Mexico to join the war to reclaim land lost to America

• United States was angered and decided to join the war on the side of the Allies

Total War

• Countries devoted their resources to the war effort

• Governments told the people what to produce

• Facilities were converted to making weapons and supplies

• Unemployment was nearly gone

Rationing

• Goods were in short supply

• People could buy only small amounts of those items needed for the war

Propaganda

• Anti-war activity was suppressed

• News about the war was censored

• One-sided information designed to persuade to keep up moral and support of the war

Women and the War

• Women replaced men in factories, offices, and shops

• Women did the work men used to do

• Supplied troops with food, clothing, and weapons

• Women worked on the frontlines as nurses and saw the horrors of war firsthand