HIS242H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Erich Von Falkenhayn, Dardanelles, Kamerun
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Created a reputation for hindenburg and ludendorff: austro-hungarian army had diverted too many forces to the invasion of serbia, lemberg: galician fortress captured in september 1914 by russians. January 1915: habsburg forces launch offensive against russian army in the. Carpathian mountains; germans had to come help them: may 1915: germans force russian army to retreat; retreat turns into chaos. Serbian macedonia and thrace: salonika: franco-british forces land to try and aid serbs; defeate d, germans called it their (cid:498)largest internment camp(cid:499) kept half a million. Allied troops occupied fighting the bulgarians: british forces also fought in german colonies, took german togoland in augst 1914, southwest africa in 1915 and. German cameroons in 1916: fighting in east africa continued throughout the war. Medina to damascus with help from muslim fundamentalist: middle east had become very important due to discovery of oil, and british took advantage of arab resentment of turkish rule.
