WW 1

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The changes of war

Airplanes

Dog fights in the air

Bombing inaccurate

Romanticized the battlefields

Paris and London bombed

Pilots fired pistols and threw hand grenades

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The Eastern Front

Russian army moved into Eastern Germany on August 30, 1914

Defeated

The Austrians kicked out of Serbia

Italians attacked Austria in 1915

G. came to Austrian aid and pushed Russians back 300 miles into own territory

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The Eastern Front

Much more mobile more than the West

But loss of life still very high

1915: 2.5 million Russians killed, captured, or wounded

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The Eastern Front

Germany and Austria Hungary joined by Bulgaria in Sept. 1915

Attacked and eliminated Serbia from war

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The Home Front

Women took war factory jobs

Received lower wages than males

Food shortages made running a household difficult

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The Home Front

Censorship

Not told about high death toll

Romanticized the battlefields

“soldiers have died a beautiful death, in noble battle, we shall rediscover poetry…epic and chivalrous”

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The Home Front

Censorship

“Newspapers described troops as itching to go over the top.”

“Government reported to the press that life in the trenches promoted good health and clear air”

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The Home Front

“On Leave”

Troops would stay together so they could sympathize with each other

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The Home Front

Impossible to hide death

Women in mourning

Badly wounded soldiers returned home

Opposition began to emerge

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The war ends

1917 – Russia surrenders (a separate peace)

U.S. joins the war on the Allied side

Nov. 11, 1918 Armistice

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Death Toll of War

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Social Impact

Men lost limbs and were mutilated

Birthrate fell markedly