Chapter 24: The Great War

Trench Warfare

• this is when opposing armed forces attack, counterattack, and defend from a stable spot using trenches to their advantage
• life in the trenches was very violent and unpredictable

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

• in 1917, Germany announced that they would be using unrestricted submarine warfare
• they wished to provoke a reaction from the Americans, which worked as this is the main reason America joined the war.

Start of WWI

• a main catalyst of WWI was a Serbian nationalist assassinating Archduke Francis Ferdinand in Bosnia

Global Spread of WWI

• this war changed from a regional affair (the Balkans) into a global issue quickly
• overwhelming feelings of nationalism, ethnic conflicts, economic endeavors, and an intense battle between countries all over the world for power

Total War

• WWI was a Total War as it involved the governments, economies, and populations to an intensity never seen before
• this was in contrast to the much smaller wars fought before WWI

Women in WWI

• women worked in munitions factories
• this lead to a shift in the role women played, women had to fill in the position of the men who were off at war
• helped speed up women's suffrage

Propaganda

• several ads like this were used in WWI to manipulate citzens
• they wanted to convince people to support the war and evoke national pride