Allison B's List: world war I

• • once the countries get locked in the trenches and theirs no movement it makes the war last a lot longer and bring more death and destruction
• The war was also fought at a high point of patriotism and belief in the existing social hierarchy; beliefs that the war itself helped destroy, and that the modern world finds very hard to understand.
• • people were expected to support their country in the war
• • nationalism- sacrificing for the country
• Total War

  • entire societies going to war- connects to nationalism
• • industrializing helped the countries because of transportation, weapons
• • although these wars split up the different countries, at the same time it unified the people in the country
    
• • although they have all this technology they have to go use old weapons that are easier to have in the battle field, which helped them comunicate with their general etc.
• A major problem was that although fully mobilised armies had greatly increased in size and firepower, technology had not yet provided for two other critical needs: battlefield communications and battlefield mobility.
• • the war isnt getting anywhere
• What was missing was the further, often quite frustratingly small, developments in technology and tactics that by 1918 would allow these soldiers to advance against the enemy with a reasonable chance of success, breaking through the trench defences and restoring mobility to the battlefield.
• • the war couldnt be faught quickly, it would take sacrifices and time to move forward

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