EUH 2001 Lecture 9: EUH2001 3.27.2017
29 May 2017
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Great war fronts: eastern front poland, russia, western front france, belgium (trenches) Germany vs. france, britain, belgium, united states: isonzo front italy mt fortifications. Britain, arabs vs. turkey: caucasus front. Britain, france, poland vs. germany: atlantic, indian oceans. Britain vs. germany: over 30 nations fought on every continent. Events leading to the end of the war: 2nd russian revolution (1917) ended russian participation, heavy losses, food shortages cause civil unrest in germany, armies began to mutiny, us participation (april 1918, germans call for armistice. Diplomatic events at the end of the war: balfour declaration 2/11/1917. British favored jewish homeland (zionist) in palestine: treaty of brest-litovsk 3/3/1918. Turkey gains black sea areas (some portions that the russians had taken from them over the years: treaty of germain-en-laye september 1919. Austria-hungary empire dissolved, reduced to 40% of original land, landlocked. Only german speaker: treaty of trianon june 1918. Hungary independent, reduced to 28% of original land, landlocked.
