2 - WW1

Question 1

When was WW1

Answer 1

1914 - 1918

Question 2

What classifies ‘total war’ (3 answers)

Answer 2

Extensive mobilisation of:
- population
- resources
- economy

Question 3

How much did WW1 cost Germany by 1918

Answer 3

By 1918, the war cost 146 million marks per day

Question 4

How many Germans were conscripted in the first few days of war?

Answer 4

5 million

Question 5

How did Germany not mobilise fully in WW1? Why not? (economic)

Answer 5

Paid for the war themselves rather than getting foreign loans

They thought it would be a swift victory

Question 6

What did Felicity Rash say about Germany’s use of propaganda?

Answer 6

‘Not uniquely a German experience, but the amount of propaganda in Germany aimed at the German self and the non-German “others” was remarkable’

Question 7

Who said, ‘not uniquely a German experience, but the amount of propaganda in Germany aimed at the German self and the non-German “others” was remarkable’

Answer 7

Felicity Rash