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A Global Conflict - Coggle Diagram

- - - - A promising strategy for the Allies seemed to be to attack a region known as the Dardanelles Strait in the Ottoman Empire
        
        This region was the gateway to the Ottoman capital, Constantinople
        
        Militarism
        
        By securing the strait, the Allies believed they could take Constantinople, defeat the Turks, and establish a supply line to Russia
        
        The effort to take the Dardanelles Strait began in February of 1915. (Known as the Gallipoli Campaign)
        
        British, Australian, New Zealand, and French troops made repeated assaults on the Gallipoli Peninsula on the western side of the strait
        
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        Q. Why did the Allies want to establish a supply line to Russia?
        
        A. Russia has nothing more than a large army. If the Allied powers could establish a supply line, they could get materials and technology into Russia that they have never used before.
  - - - The Japanese quickly overran German outposts in China
        
        They also captured Germany's Pacific island colonies
        
        Including the northeastern corner of New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, the western half of Samoa, and the northern half of the Solomon Islands, including Bougainville, Nauru, and Micronesia, consisting of the Mariana, Caroline, and the Marshall Islands.
        
        English and French troops attacked Germany's four African possessions and seized control of three
    - - Fighting troops as well as laborers came from India, South Africa, Senegal, Egypt, Algeria, and Indochina
        
        Many fought and died on the battlefield. Others worked to keep the front lines supplied
        
        To be sure, some colonial subjects wanted nothing to do with their European rulers' conflicts
        
        Others volunteered in the hope that service would lead to their independence
        
        This was the view of Indian political leader Mohandas Gandhi, who supported Indian participation in the war
        
        He wrote, "If we would improve our status through the help and cooperation of the British, it was our duty to win their help by standing by them in their hour of need."
  - - - That year, the Germans intensified the submarine warfare that had raged in the Atlantic Ocean since shortly after the war began
      - Militarism
        
        January 1917 - The Germans announced that their submarine would sink without warning any ship in the waters around Britain
        
        The Germans had tried this policy before
        
        The submarine's primary weapon against ships was the torpedo, an underwater missile
        
        May 7, 1915 - A German submarine, or U-boat, torpedoed and sank the British passenger ship known as the Lusitania
        
        The attack left 1,198 people dead, including 128 US citizens
        
        Germany claimed the ship had been carrying ammunition, which turned out to be true
        
        Nevertheless, the American public was outraged
        
        President Woodrow Wilson sent a strong protest to Germany
        
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        It was introduced in early WWI in 1915 when Germany declared the area around the British Isles a war zone would be attacked by the German navy
        
        This policy was known as the unrestricted submarine warfare
- - - - Many European troops had been lost in the war that has now been happening for 3 years
        
        The war became known as the Great War, which touched the lives of many.
        
        The Great War
  - - - In each country, the wartime government took control of the economy.
        
        Industrialization
        
        Many facilities were turned into hardworking factories.
        
        Change
        
        More factories caused unemployment to disappear.
        
        Why did the wartime governments take control of their countries' economies?
        
        The entire government was dedicated to winning the war
        
        How did Total War lead to rationing?
        
        Rationing became popular in order to have enough needed supplies for war effort and people at home, which was a part of total war
        
        Governments suppressed antiwar activity and blocked the public from the truths of the war
        
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  - - - Change
        
        It became popular to see woman plowing fields, paving streets, keeping troops supplied, etc.
        
        Many woman including Shirley Millard saw many horrific things while supplying troops in the war
        
        After the war ended, woman changed the minds of many about their capability.
        
        Shirley Millard
- - - - Used new technologies
        
        WW1 Machne gun
      - Left a landscape of death and destruction
        
        8.5 million soldiers died as a result of the war
        
        21 million wounded
        
        War led to death by starvation, disease, and slaughter
        
        War also led to starvation and disease
        
        The war drained the treasuries of Europe
        
        Cost of the war was 338 billion
        
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        A sense of disillusionment settled over the survivors
        
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        WW1 Deaths by category
        
        WW1 destruction
        
        The treaties to end WW1 were made after great debate and comprimise
        
        While trying to make security and peace, they only promoted anger and resentment