WWI

TRENCH WARFARE

• WWI was fought between the industrial powers of the world at the time.
• The new advanced war technology was too much for the old war strategies.
• One side would charge towards an opposing side.
• The opposing side, in the safety of their trenches, would fire at charging enemies.
• This resulted in slaughter.

UNRESTRICTED SUBMARINE WARFARE

• Unrestricted submarine warfare uses submarines to sink all forms of enemy ships.
• Germany used this to control the seas in times of war.
• The United States forced Germany to stop using unrestricted submarine warfare.
• Germany eventually started using it again because they believed that it was important to victory in the war.

GLOBAL SPREAD OF WWI

• The whole war was basically caused by treaty alliances.
• Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia because of the assassination of Franz Ferdinand.
• Russia joined the war because it was allied with Serbia.
• Germany declared war on Russia because of its alliance with Austria.
• France joins the war because of its alliance with Russia.

SPREAD OF WWI CONTINUED

• Germany invades Belgium to have access to France.
• Britain declared war on Germany because of its aliances with France and Belgium.
• Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, and South Africa join because they are British.
• Japan declares war on Germany because of its alliance with Britain.
• The U.S. Joins because of Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare.

TOTAL WAR

• A total war involves not only the military, but the economy and government of a nation.
• WWI created huge demands for raw materials and manufactured goods.
• Governments had to take control of economy and tightly control economic life.
• Work hours were extended to reach enconomic demand from the war.

ROLE OF WOMEN

• Women went to work in order to reach economic demands.
• Women took jobs that previously belonged to men.
• Many women worked in factories to produce shells.
• The explosive shells were very dangerous.
• This opportunity for women did help lead to sexual equality.

PROPAGANDA

• Governments resorted to the restriction on cicil liberties, censorship of bad news, and propaganda.
• Governments convinced civilians that defeat would result in the end of everything worth living for.
• They tried hard to discredit the enemy.
• Posters, pamphlets, and "scientific studies" depicted the enemy as savages.