GCSE OCR Impact of WW1 on Britain 1914-1918

DORA 1916
1. Defence Of the Realm Act
2. British Summer Time
  1. Farmers could work longer hours
3. Control over media and news
4. Conscription
5. Rationings
6. Watered down beer
  1. Less drunk people, people work better
Properganda
1. Makes people think certain things
  1. Make people join the Army
2. Types
  1. Stories
    1. GB were told that Germany stabbed babies
      1. Make GB hate Germans and want to fight them
  2. Posters
    1. Lord Kitchener's
  3. Cinemas showed news that may have been over exaggerated
  4. Books
  5. Speeches
3. What it showed
  1. Food shortages
  2. That people should hate Germans
  3. Get men to join the Army
  4. Get women to join jobs
Attitudes at the end of the war
1. British were angry at Germany
  1. Believed that the Germans were to blame for the war
  2. Blamed them for economic problems
    1. The price of the war was expensive
      1. Transport
      2. Food
      3. Clothing
      4. Weapons
  3. Annoyed at how much was lost
    1. Homes
    2. Family
    3. Friends
  4. Food shortages
    1. Ships were being sunk by German U-Boats
      1. Women had to grow food
        Land Army
Treaty of Versailles
1. June 28th the Treaty was signed
2. France wanted to treat the German harshly
  1. USA wanted a fair Treaty
    1. GB was 'on the fence'
      1. Not too harsh but harsh enough that they learn their lesson
3. Land was taken away from Germany
4. German's Army was reduced to 100,000 men
  1. No tanks
  2. No airforce
  3. No submaries
  4. 6 battleships
  5. No troops in the Rineland (near France)
5. Germany was to pay £6 million of reparations

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