Kamfen din Gallipoli na Burtaniya (1915<unk>16) an yi niyyar kwace Dardanelles da Constantinople amma Ottomans sun ci shi, kuma Allies ba su sami ikon yankin ba har sai
mamaye shi a watan Nuwamba 1918, bayan karshen yakin. A wannan lokacin, 'Yan Kwaminisanci na Bolsheviks sun kwace mulki a Rasha a lokacin Juyin Juya Halin Oktoba na 1917 kuma sun sanya hannu kan zaman lafiya daban tare da Tsakiyar Tsakiya a watan Maris na 1918, suna barin yaƙin. Kamar yadda Allies ba su ƙara la'akari da Rasha a cikin adadinsu ba, kuma, a zahiri, ba su ma san halaccin gwamnatin Bolshevik ba, yarjejeniyar ba a taɓa aiwatar da ita ba.