Involvement of countries

Cards (4)

  • Italy. Italy was on the side of the Allies after it entered into a secret agreement with France and Britain. In the fall of 1917, German and Austrian forces broke through the Italian lines at Caporetto, taking around 275,000 prisoners and forcing the retreat of the Italian army.
  • Japan. Japan, a British ally, took over the German spheres of influence on the Shantung Peninsula in China and other islands in the Pacific.
  • The Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire prevented Allied aid from reaching Russian ports by planting mines in the Dardanelles. In 1915, troops from Britain, France, New Zealand, and Australia landed in Gallipoli as a way of reaching Constantinople and then gaining control of the Dardanelles. The Allied forces eventually withdrew after heavy losses
  • Africa. British and French troops took control of the German colonies of Togoland and Cameroon.