Point 1 of 7 — Lesson 29: The First World War, the Great Arab Revolt and the Sykes-Picot AgreementQuestion bank: 0 questions (0 with pictures)
01The fate of the Ottoman state in the war
The Ottoman stateentered the First World War on the side of Germany and Austria, hoping to recover what the Entente powers (England and France) had cut off from it, andto save itself and the Arab provinces still in its hands from the plans to divide them among the Entente.
In the first days of the war the Ottoman fleet, reinforced by two German warships, bombarded the Russian ports of Odessa and Sebastopol, proclaiming the sacred"jihad" in November 1914.
This call had astrong echo among Muslimsand wasdisturbing for England, which ruledIndia and South-East Asia — at least some fifty million Muslims.
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