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Both the British and French suffered tremendous losses in men and material by the end of 1915. Both countries had overseas colonies and put pressure on them to begin contributing to the war effort. India, Australia and New Zealand, contibuted for the British and Algeria and Morocco for the French. The Germans had several colonies in the southern region of Africa, but the British were able to blockade and prevent these colonies from contributing to the German war effort. In 1917, the French army had been bled white and it was common to see great numbers of non-French serving. Many of these non-native French and Englishmen, hoped that by serving the Allied cause, that they might get their independence and freedom. That wouldn't happen unfortunately, until after World War 2.

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