Britain, Southeast Asia, and Middle East on WWI

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Why did britain have largest navy

had trading empire to absorb other country wealth

why britain and germany get into arms race and why britain win

bc germany naval pushup, and britain focused on fleet

what person served on guard regiment

elite soldiers good at war

how belgium pull britain into WWI

belgium seacost had potential invasion to britain

why poppy symbol of WWI

one of the few plants able to grow in soil ruined by war

what southeast asia like in 1914

complicated, colonized by EU/US powers, one independent place: Siam

why ppl in SoutheastAsia interested in middle east events

many pilgrimages of muslims to mecca, chinese ppl were also interested

why russo-japanese war important

amazing to ppl who opposed colonialism

why singapore was strategic city

easy to trade w/ other countries

why german submarine crew was able to convince the Indian soldiers to revolt against the british

german U-boats had good stealth and disrupting supply lines, make indians question their loyalty to british

what middle east was like in 1914

ottoman empire very diverse, religious, british empire approaches mecca

purpose of ottoman declaration of jihad

called muslims to rise up against their emperors to win war for central forces

who sharif hussein, how british convince him to join war

sharif wrote letters to british officials, they recognized his country

why sharif didnt get what he wanted after the war

treaty turned against Sharif Hussein, sold him out, lost resources

mandates

demands ppl required to follow

important identities after WWI and why

british, germany, japanese empires. british pull ppl into war, had power, germany expand imperialism, japanese showed they were a force to reckon with (through japanese-russian war)