A History of Modern Europe - From the Renaissance to the Present

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902 Ch. 22 • The Great War


Map 22.5 The Eastern, Italian, and Balkan Fronts Russian and Austro­
German advances and battles along the eastern front; Austro-Hungarian and

Italian armies face off along the Italian front; and Turkish and Allied armies clash


on the Balkan front.


The War in the Middle East, Africa, and the Far East

British military and political leaders were divided between those who believed


that victory would have to be won in the west, and others who pushed for a
series of dramatic strikes against Germany or its allies on Europe’s periph­
ery. The latter included Winston Churchill (1874—1965), the First Lord of
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