1. A Global Conflict

2. Gallipoli Campaign Battle against the Ottomans at the strait of Dardanelles Supply line to Russia Turned into Trench warfare and dragged on Allies pulled out with no success and 250,000 casualties

3. Gallipoli Campaign

4. Battles in Africa and Asia German colonial possession came under attack Japanese attacked German outposts in China and captured Germany’s Pacific island colonies British and French recruited subjects from their colonies –These colonies thought they may gain independence –Mohandas Gandhi

5. America Joins the Fight 1917, Germans intensified submarine warfare Unrestricted warfare by Germany February 1917, the Zimmerman note April 2 1917, President Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany

6. German U-Boats & Zimmerman Note

7. Home Front Total War –All resources devoted to the war effort –Control of the economy –Factory production –Unemployment disappeared –Rationing –Antiwar protest oppressed –propaganda

8. Propaganda Poster

10. Women in the War New jobs –Replaced men in factories, offices, and shops –Built tanks and munitions –Plowed fields, paved streets, and ran hospitals –Supplied troops with food, clothing and weapons