How Did Germany Build The Ottoman Empire

The alliance between Germany and the Ottoman Empire seemed somewhat farcical at the time of the war. The Ottoman Empire was a failing state, the “sick man of Europe.” They had been losing power in the middle east and their economy was in disrepair, due to repeated wars in the Balkans before their alliance. They could only benefit from a win in this war, and that would bring them into modernizing their empire and have potential growth. However, they were a pathway to British colonies and had ports to the mediterranean and Aegean seas. Both nations had benefits from the alliance and the alliance had setbacks as well. By the end of the war, the alliance did not have the benefits both of the empires had hoped to achieve, but did change the way …show more content…
As the Ottomans were scared of the threat England could be afterwards. Some German officials were anti extending the treaty, the German Chancellor did not want any more entangling coalitions after the war was over, as he wanted to Germany to free itself, “from the nightmare of coalitions as much as possible.” After the strong urging of Zimmerman, Wangenheim, and others, he reversed his position and accepted to extend the alliance to 1920 the year of Dreibund, the ending year of the Triple Alliance. The German leaders thought that once they win the war, that having the Ottoman Empire protected was important as they would be key leaders in the area afterwards. The Grand Vizier was delighted with that the time was being aligned with the Dreibund, as he wanted the Ottoman Empire to be included with Central …show more content…
The Ottoman Empire was partitioned off during and after the war and was an empire no more. It can not be completely decided if they would have taken the Triple Entente side, they would have remained an empire. As well as to the fact not all leaders were were positive going forward with alliance. The same can be said for the Germans as well, as they were not all for the alliance as there were many leery about the situation. However, if there was no action from either side for this alliance, the end result of the Germans losing and the Ottoman Empire’s dissolution would have been the same.

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