World War One

Life In The Trenches (CONDITIONS)

Conditions:

* After 6 days, would have water up to waists

* Would live with constant thought the enemy could invade

* Life was dull

* They could possibly freeze

* Many men would come back disabled

* Severe Trenchfoot

Life in the Trenches (TRENCH SYSTEM)

* Trenches were protected from assult by barbed wire, mines, and other obstacles

* Area between opposing trench lines know as no-mans land was exposed to fire from both sides 

Impacts For Civillians (DORA)

* House of commons passed the defnse of the Realm Act without debate

 - gave the government powers to control what people wrote about the war

 - it limited the freedom of people's daily lives

 - the government could inforce anything they'd please.

FOR EXAMPLE:            - no-one was allowed to buy binoculars

                                       - the government could censor newspapers

Impacts For Civillians (Women)

* Became more independant

* Worked in factories and took over mens jobs

* Suffered mentally feeling incapeable as they needed to provide for the family

* Women's land army set up to provide workforce to run farms

* After the war, percentage of work for women went back to the figures of before war broke out

* Men would take back their jobs

Impacts For Civilians (CENSORSHIP & RATIONING)

Censorship: 

* Government enabled censorship in hope that enemies would be stopped from communicating

* Censorship would stop information being shared with oppositions

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Rationing:

* It was introduced because German U-boats were targeting ships that transported the food to Britain

* The ships carried supplies such as food and things that civilians needed to survive 

* They were bombed before they got to docks in Britain

Impacts For Civilians (BOMBING RAIDS)

* Britain came under attack from the air and civilians were put into the firing line

* They focused on defending the coastlines rather than its airspace

* They could be alerted seconds before that an air rade would be about to attacks and they'd have little time to protect themselves

Impacts For Soldiers (RECRUITMENT)

* Propaganda was designed for men to step forward so they wouldn't feel guilty for not playing their part

* Posters were printed that made the army seem exciting

* Other posters told men that they'd be proud of themselves

What were Propaganda posters produced to do:

• Some were to encourage people to save food.
• Some encouraged people to hate the German enemy (Huns).
• Some encouraged men to join the army.

Impacts For Soldiers (WHY DID MEN JOIN?)

* Some had boring jobs so they'd thought it would be better and more exciting

* They thought they could see and travel the world

* They thought they would be back by Christmas

* Wanted to prove themselves

* Propaganda posters

* Scared of being labeled a coward

Causes of WW1 (SHORT TERM)

SHORT TERM -   Happened Recently 

Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie Von Chotkova were assassinated as people weren't happy that they were foreced to be another nationality.

The people that assassinated them weren't happy that the Hungary Empire was forcing them to join.

Therefore the Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia. Russia agreed to help therefore Germany agreed to help the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Causes of WW1 (LONG TERM)

LONG TERM -   Building up over a long period of time

Militarism: Countries building up their armed forces 

Germany was competing with the UK to build battleships, the British feared an attack on their Empire.

Alliances:  An agreeement between countries that help their own allies if attacked

Imperialism:  All great powers were competing for territory 

The British feared Germany was trying to take over Britan's African colonies

Nationalism:  Smaller countries no longer wanted to be a part of the larger countries

Consequences of WW1 (IMPACT)

* The war changed the economical balance of the world, leaving European countries in debt

* The 'Treaty of Versallies' caused a lot of disagreement in Europe and for whoever had to pay a lot for financial reparations

* Russia lost more than 1.8 million soilders

* WW1 led to the start of the October Revolution in 1917 - the Russian government was taken over

Consequences of WW1 (TREATY OF VERSALLIES)

* The 'Treaty of Versallies' was the most important peace treatues that brought WW1 to an end

* It ended the state of war between Germany and the allied powers

Germany accepted all the blame for starting the war.