War Aims Of Major Belligerents

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War Aims Of Major Belligerents

This country embarked on the war without consideration for using colonial troops

Not only did this country have a smaller population than its neighbour, but it lacked sufficient resources during the war owing to occupation of part of its territory

This country wanted to expand its holdings overseas and to dominate Europe

Following a policy of sacro egoismo, this country was going to do what was in its best interests

Though this state was know for its efficiency, there were no plans for a protracted war

This country had to conscript 80% of the men within service age for military duty

This country fought for naval supremacy, the restoration of Belgium, and the destruction of Prussian militarism

This country had been defeated by the much smaller Japan in 1905

In this country’s main alliance, it was the weaker of the two main parties; that is it was the weaker of the two main countries involved

This country was only recently granting some measure of democracy and its parliament was known as the Duma

This country dreamed of re-capturing Egypt and Cyprus from Britain

As part of the Sykes-Picot Agreement, this combatant would gain control of Mesopotamia

This was one of the Central Powers that did not go to war with its allies in 1914

This country’s defeat of Russia had taken the world by surprise and made the rest of the world take notice of this new emergent power

In this country, Christians and Jews were permitted into the military but could only serve in labour battalions

This country placed all its war hopes on the lightning success of the Schlieffen Plan

There was some concern from its’ Allies that the return of Alsace and Lorraine might be difficult for this country

This country produced it’s September Programme in early autumn 1914

This country engaged in a jihad

This country’s armies had to giver orders to its troops in as many as 15 languages

Due to the many groups within in this empire and their lack of enthusiasm for the country’s leadership, this country was rife with revolutionary groups

This country sought to expand into the Balkans

One goal of this country was the unification of the Polish people under the sway of their influence

This country was known as the ‘sick man of Europe’ on the eve of WWI

One goal of this country was to gain control of Constantinople

Most of the people in this country wanted it to remain neutral, but its’ leadership eventually signed the Treaty of London which led it to attack its’ former ally

This country claimed that one of its allies’ leaders was descended from a sister to Muhammed

This country proposed the economic union of two states known as Mitteleuropa

This country produced it’s September Programme in early autumn 1914

This country was the largest in terms of territory and population

This country was too busy subduing Libya to worry about the outbreak of war in Europe in 1914

This country’s empire would provide an invaluable source of colonial troops seeing as how the empire controlled ¼ of the world’s population

Setbacks during the Boer War had brought about some much needed changes in the military

Britain was concerned that this country might have expansionist policies in the Far East

This country was by far the wealthiest trading nation owing to its far flung empire

This country issued its Twenty One Demands after a joint attack on a German colony in China

Martin Clark said of this country's army: it was rather 'sullen, often illerate, ill-equipped army, torn away from its homes and fields to fight on foreign soil for incomprehensible reaons...'

__________________ was the only dominion of the British Empire not to be offered any territory as an inducement to join the fight