Russia's situation on the eastern front became desperate when the joined the central powers in 1914. matters became even worse in 1915 when , the ruler of russia, took personal command of the russian military. the tried to the russians by sending troops to gallipoli. in eastern asia minor, the turks massacred tens of thousands of , accusing them of cooperating with the . meanwhile, on the arabian peninsula, arabs living under ottoman rule rise up and fight against them. n 1916, off the coast of denmark, britons and fought the battle of jutland for control of the north sea. in the waters off western europe, attacked allied shipping (and sank the lusitania) and were first used in war. , a flying ace, fought allied fighter pilots over the skies of france. and the war dragged on. use the word bank to word bank: british armenians richthofen u-boats t. e. lawrence ottomans germans tsar nicholas russians airplanes