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War and Revolution. World War I Chapter 23 Section 2. 1914 to 1915: Illusions and Stalemate. Propaganda helped stir national hatred Everyone believed the war would be over in a few weeks . 1914 to 1915: Illusions and Stalemate . The Western Front
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War and Revolution World War I Chapter 23 Section 2
1914 to 1915: Illusions and Stalemate • Propaganda helped stir national hatred • Everyone believed the war would be over in a few weeks
1914 to 1915: Illusions and Stalemate • The Western Front • Schlieffen Plan had called for German forces to create a circling motion but they were stopped near Paris • Battle of the Marne • The battle turned into a stalemate • Trench warfare • Dug ditches where each side stayed for years
1914 to 1915: Illusions and Stalemate • The Eastern Front • Russia moved into Germany but they were quickly stopped • Italy betrayed Germany and Austria by attacking Austria • Italy joined France, GB, and Russia
The Great Slaughter • Trenches were protected by barbed wire entanglements up to 5 feet high and 30 yards wide • Trenches were separated by a strip of land called no man’s land
The Great Slaughter • Tactics of Trench Warfare • Attack would begin with an artillery barrage and then the soldiers would climb out and charge the other side • In 10 months 700,000 men lost their lives • War in the Air • Planes are used for the first time in WWI • Pilots would fire at one another with handheld pistols until machine guns were mounted on the planes • Germans also began using Zeppelins to bomb cities
A World War • Entry of the United States • Tried to remain neutral but thanks to the naval war the US was drug into war • Britain had set up a blockade of Germany but Germany instituted unrestricted submarine warfare • Lusitania • British passenger ship that had Americans on board
The Impact of Total War • World War I involved a complete mobilization of resources and people • Increased Government Powers • Countries began drafting young men to fight • Governments set price, wages, rent controls • They also rationed food and wages
The Impact of Total War • Total War and Women • Women took over the jobs that were left empty by men who had gone to war • Chimney Sweeps, truck drivers and factory workers • At the end of the war governments would quickly remove women from the jobs • Women started to gain freedoms that they will demand by the end of World War II
