Bloody Stalemate


Total War (complete mobilization of resources/people)
  • Centralization of governments:
    Mass conscription (military draft)
  • Economic controls:
    Price/wage/rent controls; food/material rationing;
    Import/export regulation; transportation/industry takeovers
  • Propaganda: fight low civilian morale/villify enemy
  • Societal impact: Women's roles/rights

New Front: Ottoman Empire

  • (1915) Britain attempted to open Balkan front
    Battle of Gallipoli: troops from Australia/New Zealand
  • Armenian genocide inside Turkey
  • Lawrence of Arabia incited rebellion against Turks in Middle East
  • Britain defeated remainder of Ottoman Empire in Middle East

U.S. Entry into World War I:
  • German blockade of Britain: unrestricted sub warfare (USW)
  • Lusitania sunk by U-Boats (USW suspended)
  • Germany returned to USW to starve Britain
  • (April 1917) U.S. entered World War I & Russian withdrawal