HIST 125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: John J. Pershing, Central Powers, Constitutional Monarchy
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>eastern - many russians lost their lives due to inadequate equipment and a shortage of supplies. Eventually, russia experiences revolution in 1917 and leaves the war. >western - after the battle of the marne, neither side moved much over the next few years. Trench warfare takes over as machine guns, poisonous gases, and bombs kill thousands. >southern - located on italian border which helped divert austrian attention from other areas. >ottoman - pitted the british and french troops against the turks. In 1914, us president wilson declared a proclamation of neutrality. On april 2, 1917, wilson and the us declare war on germany because: unrestricted submarine warfare. *the sinking of the lusitania killed many americans which brought a severe warning from wilson to. *no more unrestricted submarine warfare occurred until 1917: the zimmerman note (1917) was a message sent by german foreign minister (zimmerman) to.
