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A Global Conflict - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Drained the treasuries of European countries
      - Total cost of the war was 338 billion
      - Destroyed acres of farmland, as well as homes, villages, and towns
  - - - The treaties to end World War I were forged after great debate and compromise
      - While they sought to bring a new sense of security and peace to the world, they prompted mainly anger and resentment
- - - - The Central Powers Collapse
        
        Germany attacks France, destroying them.
        
        Russia withdrawing from the war, allowed Germany to send their troops to the western front.
        
        This made Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire surrender
        
        USA attacks the weakened Germany troops, bringing in millions of troops and some tanks
  - - - When these things happened it left Germany by itself with the allies. This made them surrender instead of fighting an unwinnable war.
    - - It allowed Germany to focus on the Western front, and it also made the United States send more military and economic aid to the Allies
- - - - Facilities were converted into munitions factories.
        
        Why did the wartime governments take control of their countries' economies?
        
        The government need more supplies to be made for the war.
        
        The Factories That Fed the Front in the First World War. https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-factories-that-fed-the-front-in-the-first-world-war
      - Government would only allow the people to buy small amounts of those items.
        
        How did Total War lead to rationing?
        
        The government had a lack of supplies, so they made it that people can only buy so much so that those supplies could go towards the war.
      - Government would censor news about the war, and would make propaganda to keep support for the war.
  - - - Women would start to work in factories to replace the men fighting.
      - Women also saw the horrors of war working near the front lines as nurses.
- - - - Battles in Africa and Asia
        
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        English and French troops attacked Germany’s four African possessions and seized control of three.
        
        Mohandas Ghandis theory was of they aided the British it would lead to Indian independence
        
        Allies take control of German holdings in Africa and Asia
        
        Conflict
      - The Gallipoli Campaign
        
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        Allies move to capture Ottoman Dardanelles Strait in February 1915
        
        Allies had 2 goals: Knock out the Ottoman Empire and open a supply line to Russia
        
        Their campaign ended in defeat and they suffered around 250,000 causalities
        
        Gallipoli had turned into another bloody standoff. Both sides dug trenches, and they battled in them for the rest of the year.
        
        By securing the Dardanelles, the Allies believed that they could take Constantinople, defeat the Turks, and establish a supply line to Russia.
      - America Joins the Fight
        
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        They used unrestricted submarine warfare. All ships near Britain sunk without warning
        
        Germany halts policy in 1915 after sinking the Lusitania, but then renews policy in 1917 hoping to starve Britain
        
        Germany seeks to control the Atlantic Ocean to stop supplies to Great Britian
        
        Zimmerman Telegram and unrestricted submarine warfare angers the U.S. and they declare war on Germany
        
        War
    - - If Germany and the US went to war, Mexico would regain "lost territories" in the southwest if it declared war on the US. The British intercepted the telegram and passed it on to the US, leading to an escalation of tensions between the US and Germany.
    - - To be sure Russia had enough supplies to continue fighting and so they could close in on Germany from the east and west.