2C people this my presentation about world war one in Asia- Ralph manuel

1. WORLD WAR ONE The War in Asia

2. Background European powers were struggling to maintain balance in the mainland because of their expanding colonies and influence European countries started making intricate alliances among themselves. The leading powers formed The Triple Entente(France, Russia, England) and The Central Powers(Austria-Hungary Empire and German Empire

5. Asian Involvement Thailand sent a regiment of soldiers to aid the British The Germans hatched a series of plans(1914-1917) with the Indian nationaliststo overthrow the British Raj in India and replace it with a Pro- German government. It was known as the Hindu-German Conspiracy.

6. Asian Involvement The Japanese attacked the German controlled town of Tsingtao The Filipinos wanted to help in the war so the Philippine national guard was established by Gov. Harrison and Manuel Quezon The weakening Ottoman Empire later joined the war on the side of the Central Powers

7. End of the war The war officially ended on 1918 when the victorious Allies signed the Treaty of Versailles with the defeated Central Powers The League of Nations was established to avoid another world war

8. EFFECTS US & Japan became world powers Russia, Austria-Hungary, German and Ottoman Empires collapsed or were overthrown Europe was severely weakened due to the fighting US stock market collapsed in the 1920’s(Great Depression) this affected the whole world. Gandhi started a peaceful freedom movement China was forced to take the 21 mandates from Japan and lost Shangdong to the Japanese.

9. EFFECTS The May 4th movement which is anti-foreigner started in China after the weak response to the Shangdong Problem The Ottoman Empire collapsed. West Asia was divided under different mandates. Saudi Arabia remained free under King Ibn Saud.

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