Total War: Where all resources from a country is being used to achieve victory
Civil War: Fought between people from the same country
Limited War: Where only some of a nations resources are being used. Not all resources are necessary.
Guerrilla: Small groups are used to attack strong points strategically
Origins and Causes of War
Strong Imperial powers drew conflict for land and power
Included: Austro-Hungarian Empire, Britain and its Empire, France and its Empire, Germany and its empire, and
the Russian Empire, Ottoman Empire, Italy, Japan, and USA
Great Britain(GB) felt threatened by Germany
Germany was building their Navy
both wanted land in North Africa
Germany's increased contact with the Ottoman Empire
Trade market caused a lot of conflict between European Powers
Military powers grew and grew
Nationalism made each country feel in titled for everything
Countries started to mobilized
Russia mobilized
Caused Germany to make plans to attack Russia and France
So then France mobilized
Chain of reactions made Germany to declare war on Russia. France to declare war on Germany
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand June 28, 1914
Austria responded with series of demands.
Alliances grew stronger with Austria depended on Germany and Serbia depending on Russia who was with France
Nature of 20h Century Wars
Large Armies, meaning large casualties; Total war
More Destructive Weapons were used
Machine guns, huge artillery, gas, flame throwers, and aircraft
Only real strategy was to use heavy artillery.
Trench Warfare was used and it involved soldiers barricaded in trenches shooting the attacking forces which were in open land.
Homefront was very important involving women who worked in all sorts of jobs
This gave more of a status for the women giving them the sense of entitlement and this eventually gave women the right to vote.
Worked in factories making war supplies and filled in for men at war in white collar jobs
Efffects of WW1
Russian Revolution of 1917 took place
The Austro-Hungarian Empire fell apart at the end of the war
Germany and Japans defeat caused them to turn and cause some of the major poblems that caused WW2
USA became a huge world power being one of the only standing booming economies