Map of the Trentino, part of "Italia Irredenta," unredeemed Italy: Venezia Tridentina (Trentino and Alto Adige)
Venezia Tridentina (Trentino and Alto Adige)Confine del Regno d'ItaliaConf.[ine] Geografico d'ItaliaConfine fra Trentino e Alto AdigeFerrovieTramvieIst. Geogr. De Agostini-Novara - Riproduzione InterdettaVenezia Tridentina (Trentino and South Tyrol)Border of the Kingdom of ItalyGeographic boundary of ItalyBorder between Trentino and Alto AdigeRailwaysTramwaysGeographic Institute of Agostini-Novara - Reproduction prohibitedReverse:Message dated December 14, 1917
Although Russia was chiefly a European power, much of the country lay east of the Ural Mountains in Asia. After Turkey entered the war in October 1914, Vladivostock on the Pacific coast was Russia's only reliable, year-round port.With a foothold in Europe that became a toehold after the Balkan Wars of 1912 and 1913, Turkey was an aging but significant Asian power controlling much of Asia Minor and the Middle East. Turkey warred in the mountains in Eastern Turkey, territory from which Russia had been pushing Turkey for two centuries, where Christian and Moslem populations of Turks, Russians, Armenians, and Kurds mixed.Russia, Britain and Turkey all had designs on Persia. British and Russian agreement on spheres of influence in 1907 helped ease friction between the two powers, and gave Britain access to the Persian oil that powered its newer, faster ships.a British colony, India supplied manpower to the Western Front, Mesopotamia, and Egypt, playing a significant role in Britain's war effort.The French colonies of Indochina — Southeast Asia — provided laborers for the French war effort.In China, Germany's concession of Kiautschau with its port of Tsingtau was Germany's primary Asian colony and base for its East Asian Naval Squadron. The city fell to a British-Japanese siege on November 7, 1914.Japan played little combat role in the war, but provided the Entente Allies with troop transports and light craft that patrolled the Mediterranean. In August, 1918, a Japanese Red Cross Mission arrived in Great Britain to visit the Belgian, French, and Italian fronts.Chinese laborers worked in Europe to support the Allied war effort.
Asia is a continent.
