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 German- Russian Border  Russia/ Serbia versus Germany/ Austria- Hungary  Although front is more mobile than the West, slaughter and stalemate common.

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2  German- Russian Border  Russia/ Serbia versus Germany/ Austria- Hungary  Although front is more mobile than the West, slaughter and stalemate common  Early Fighting  Tannenberg  Russians retreat  30,000 Russians killed in 4 day battle

3  The Gallipoli Campaign  Dardanelles Strait  February 1915  British/ Australian/ New Zealand/ French troops versus Ottomans  May 1915 stalemate  Allies evacuate in December- 250,000 casualties  Battles in Africa & Asia  German colonial possessions came under assault  Japan & England/France  Colonial soldiers join war effort

4  Russia Struggles  1916 Russia near collapse lags in industry  Shortages on food, guns, ammunition, clothes, boots, and blankets  Allied supplies limited by German control of the Black Sea and Ottoman control of the straits leading to the Mediterranean  Suffered a staggering number of losses  Enormous population still able to tie up German troops  War Spreads  Africa  Southwest/ Southeast Asia  World War


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