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TOTAL WAR

TOTAL WAR. WHAT IS TOTAL WAR?. TOTAL WAR IS THE ACT OF USING ALL OF SOCIETY’S RESOURCES TO WIN WAR CONVERT INDUSTRY OVER TO MILITARY PRODUCTION RATIONING OF CERTAIN GOODS (OIL, COAL, SUGAR, RUBBER, ETC…) CONVERT ECONOMY TO WAR EFFORT – GOVERNMENTS SPEND MILLIONS ON WAR EFFORT

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TOTAL WAR

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  1. TOTAL WAR

  2. WHAT IS TOTAL WAR? • TOTAL WAR IS THE ACT OF USING ALL OF SOCIETY’S RESOURCES TO WIN WAR • CONVERT INDUSTRY OVER TO MILITARY PRODUCTION • RATIONING OF CERTAIN GOODS (OIL, COAL, SUGAR, RUBBER, ETC…) • CONVERT ECONOMY TO WAR EFFORT – GOVERNMENTS SPEND MILLIONS ON WAR EFFORT • GOVERNMENT USE OF PROPAGANDA • WOMEN WORKED IN FACTORIES AND AS NURSES

  3. THE WAR • THREE PRIMARY AREAS: • EASTERN FRONT – BETWEEN RUSSIA, GERMANY, AND AUSTRIA-HUNGARY • WESTERN FRONT – BETWEEN GERMANY AND FRANCE • GLOBAL FRONT – FOUGHT IN ASIA AND AFRICA

  4. BATTLES OF THE WESTERN FRONT • BATTLE OF VERDUN (FEBRUARY 1916) – FOUGHT TO TAKE THE FORTRESS CITY AND GERMANS SAW IT AS A WAY TO KILL A BUNCH OF FRENCH • BATTLE OF THE SOMME (JUNE 1916) – STARTED BY BRITISH TO PULL GERMANS AWAY FROM VERDUN • THIRD BATTLE OF YPRES (JULY 1917) – FOUGHT IN BELGIUM AND WAS A DISASTER FOR BRITAIN

  5. RESULT OF FIGHTING ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1914-1917) • LINES REMAINED VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED – NO ONE WAS GAINING OR LOSING MUCH GROUND • LOSS OF LIFE WAS MASSIVE • EVERY BATTLE WAS BECOMING A STALEMATE • MORALE WAS DECREASING ON BOTH SIDES

  6. EASTERN FRONT • AUSTRIA-HUNGARY AND GERMANY HAD A NEW ALLY ON EASTERN FRONT = OTTOMAN EMPIRE • GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN (1915) – FOUGHT TO TRY TO CLEAR THE DARDANELLES WHICH WAS A MAJOR SHIPPING ROUTE FOR GETTING SUPPLIES TO RUSSIA – ALLIES LOST • ARMENIAN MASSACRE (1915) – OTTOMAN TURKS REMOVED ARMENIANS FROM REGION WHICH LED MASS DEATH – FIRST GENOCIDE

  7. GLOBAL FRONT • JAPAN DECLARED WAR ON GERMANY IN 1914 • TOOK GERMAN COLONIES IN CHINA AND IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS • BRITISH AND FRENCH – ATTACKED GERMAN COLONIES IN AFRICA • COLONISTS FOR ALL THESE EMPIRES CONTRIBUTED AS WORKERS OR SOLDIERS FOR THE WAR

  8. QUESTIONS • WHAT IS TOTAL WAR? WHAT ARE EXAMPLES OF THE USE OF TOTAL WAR? • WHAT ARE THE THREE PRIMARY AREAS ON WHICH THIS WAR WAS FOUGHT? • WHAT WERE THE MAJOR BATTLES OF THE WESTERN FRONT? WHAT WERE THE OUTCOMES OF THESE BATTLES?

  9. QUESTIONS • WHICH ALLY DID GERMANY AND AUSTRIA-HUNGARY GAIN ON THE EASTERN FRONT? • WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN? DID THE ALLIES SUCCEED? • WHAT WAS THE ARMENIAN MASSACRE? WHAT WAS THIS AN EXAMPLE OF? • WHAT WAS GOING ON GLOBALLY DURING WORLD WAR I?

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