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Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I consisted of various military engagements that took place on the Asian continent and on Pacific islands.They include naval battles, the Allied conquest of German colonial possessions in the Pacific Ocean and China, an anti-Russian rebellion in Russian Turkestan and an Ottoman-supported rebellion in British Malaya.
World War I[j] or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting took place mainly in Europe and the Middle East, as well as in parts of Africa and the Asia-Pacific, and in Europe was characterised by ...
Russia was the most populous state in Europe: with 175 million inhabitants, it had almost 3 times the population of Germany, an army of 1.3 million men, and almost 5 million reservists. Its industrial growth, on the order of 5% per year between 1860 and 1913, and the vastness of its territory and natural resources make it a strategic giant.
Greece during World War I. Mesopotamian Campaign (1914–1918) Arab Revolt (1916–1918) Persian Campaign (1914–1918) African theatre of World War I (1914–1918) Asia-Pacific theatre (1914–1919) Second Saudi-Rashidi War (1915–1918) Naval engagements (1914–1918) Toggle Naval engagements (1914–1918) subsection.
The Eastern Front or Eastern Theater of World War I (German: Ostfront; Romanian: Frontul de răsărit;), for Russia Second Patriotic War[24][25] (Russian: Вторая Отечественная Война), was a theater of operations that encompassed at its greatest extent the entire frontier between Russia and Romania on one side and Austria ...
Caucasus campaign. The Caucasus campaign comprised armed conflicts between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire, later including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus, the German Empire, the Central Caspian Dictatorship, and the British Empire, as part of the Middle Eastern theatre during World War I.
Battle for Height 958. Battle of Augustów (1914) Battle of Łomża. Battle of Muş. Battle of Rasna. Battle of Syniava. Battle of the Crna Bend (1916) Battle of Bazargic. Bergmann Offensive.
European theatre of World War I. Although considerable conflict took place outside Europe, the European theatre (also known as the First European War) was the main theatre of operations during World War I and was where the war began and ended. During the four years of conflict, battle was joined by armies of unprecedented size, which were ...