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When war was declared on Germany in 1914, the German East Asia Squadron withdrew from its base at Qingdao and attempted to make its way east across the Pacific and back to Germany. After concentrating the majority of its force at Pagan Island , the fleet raided several Allied targets as it made its way across the Pacific.
The First World War in the Middle East (Hurst, 2014). Van Der Vat, Dan. The ship that changed the world (ISBN 9780586069295) Weber, Frank G. Eagles on the Crescent: Germany, Austria, and the diplomacy of the Turkish alliance, 1914–1918 (Cornell University Press, 1970). Woodward, David R. (2006). Hell in the Holy Land: World War I in the ...
In 1914, the British Indian Army was larger than the British Army itself, and between 1914 and 1918 an estimated 1.3 million Indian soldiers and labourers served in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. In all, 140,000 soldiers served on the Western Front and nearly 700,000 in the Middle East, with 47,746 killed and 65,126 wounded. [81]
10 June 1940 – 2 May 1945 Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II. 10 June 1940 – 13 May 1943 North African Campaign. 11 June 1940 – 4 February 1943 Western Desert Campaign. 9–16 September 1940 Italian invasion of Egypt; 9 December 1940 – 9 February 1941 Operation Compass; 4 February 1942 Abdeen Palace Incident
World War I was the first war to see major use of planes for offensive, defensive and reconnaissance operations, and both the Entente Powers and the Central Powers used planes extensively. Almost as soon as they were invented, planes were drafted for military service. Battles: Aviation in World War I (1914–1918)
World War I – major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. It involved all the world's great powers , [ 1 ] which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (centred on the Triple Entente of Britain , France and Russia ) and the Central Powers (originally centred on the Triple Alliance of ...
A Short History of the Great War (chapter 10). (covers 1916 fighting) Strachan, Hew (2003). The First World War, pp. 109–112. Viking (Published by the Penguin Group) (1914 operations) Ulrichson, Kristian Coates (2014). The First World War in the Middle East (Hurst, London) (The Caucacus Campaigns, Chapter 3 pp53–74) Russian Campaign in Turkey
Imperialism before World War I had been on the rise since the mid-nineteenth century because industrialization had caused a growing need for natural resources. Regions like Africa and India had been settled by European countries in order to make profit and extend power. [2]