History, World at War 1900 to 1945

The Russo-Japanese war was fought mainly in asia and the borders of russia, and was for the control of the korean peninsular.
The effects it had on WW1 was the sudden realisation that the amount of territory that a country owned was important.

The war began generally unpopular in russia as a seriers of defeats had left the russian public embarrassed and against escalation of the war, russia was able but not willing as the land was not to important to waste resources on. so they signed a treaty with Japan for peace.

First Balkan war was initiated due to the tensions between the Ottoman Empire and the mess of religions and cultures that is the balkans each with there own aspirations and motives.

Kingdom of Bulgaria
Kingdom of Greece
Kingdom of Serbia
Kingdom of Montenegro
Against
Ottoman Empire

The first global conflict that was so terrible during its time it was labeled "the war to end all wars". Beginning with the assassination of the Austria-Hungarian, Archduke Franz Ferdinand by the Yugoslav Nationalist. Austria then declared an ultimatum on Serbia, which triggered a complex treaty and alliance system between the european countries.

Central powers
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Ottoman Empire
Bulgaria (1915–18)

The Tripple Entente
France
British Empire
Australia
Canada
India
Newfoundland
New Zealand
South Africa
Southern Rhodesia
Russia (1914–17)
Italy (1915–18)
United States (1917–18)
Serbia
Japan
Belgium
Greece (1917–18)
Romania (1916–18)
Portugal

Italy thought themselves as rightful owners and planned to take it from the Ottomans, declaring it as nothing more than a 'military walk' the Ottoman Empire asked for a non military way of transferring power to the italians. the italians declined and war was declared on September the 29th

Bulgaria unsatisfied with the spoils of the first Balkan war attacked there former allies Serbia and Greece. The ottoman empire also took advantage of this brawl to regain some lost land. the outcome left Serbia with one ally left, Russia.

Ottoman Empire
Kingdom of Greece
Kingdom of Serbia
Kingdom of Montenegro
Kingdom of Romania
Against
Kingdom of Bulgaria

A plan by Germany for future warfare in Europe for multiple front lines (Russia and France). one of the most notable part was to move through Belgium to get to France faster, it failed to do so and dragged Brittany into the war earlier as Belgium and Brittan had a Alliance with each other and Brittan had to help and join the war.

Poison gas was first used by the French against the germans and became a very popular and terrible way of clearing out trenches.
Soldiers were issued gas masks that often fell apart due to constant training and limited technology.

A joint op between British and ANZAC troops to capture an important entrance to the black sea which could become an important supply route to russia. Reflected as a terrible failure in planning and execution but the Allies and a great success by the Turkish people.

A battle planned by the germans to bleed out the french army by attacking a position that they had to defend, mostly considered successful for the french due to the position being taken back although both sides suffered heavy losses.

A combined effort by the French and British to push back the german front line which had covered a large part of France