Aspects If WW1

Question 1

Could men choose to join war or not (1)

Answer 1

Yes in the beginning

Question 2

What is propaganda (2)

Answer 2

• Information the government wanted you to believe

- posters to appeal to mens sense of duty to their country and to protect their families

Question 3

Name a few uses of propaganda (3)

Answer 3

• woman to work in factories
• to save food
• to control what people thought

Question 4

Why did the government use conscription in Britain (2)

Answer 4

• 1916 so many men had been killed no one volunteered to go to war anymore
• men were forced to join the army

Question 5

Give an example of propaganda controlling citizens thoughts (3)

Answer 5

• released untrue stories of german soldiers to creat hatred towards the enemy
• untrue stories about the war to make it seem like they were winning
• innaccurate news about the amount of dead soldiers

Question 6

Was it only Britain that used propaganda? (1)

Answer 6

Nope

Question 7

What is a conscientious objector (2)

Answer 7

• people believing killing people on behalf of the country is wrong.
• aka conchies

Question 8

How did conchies express their opinions? (2)

Answer 8

• appeared at special military court (tribunal) to make appeal
• most appeals were turned down and conchies sent to trenches

Question 9

What happened if conchies refused to shoot? (1)

Answer 9

They were courtmartialled and usually shot by firing squad

Question 10

What did some conchies do in the war (2)

Answer 10

• served in ambulances or as stretcher-bearers or tasks ay the front
• faced same risks as soldierso

Question 11

What happened when the war began? (3)

Answer 11

• Germany invaded France with the intent of defeating them quickly
• then focusing un russia their ally
• this did not happen

Question 12

When did the war start? (1)

Answer 12

August 1914

Question 13

How were the French and their allies evenly matches dor germany (3)

Answer 13

• their allies (british and russia) fought back
• since they were evenly matched neither could advance
• dug trenches for shelter for sdiers

Question 14

What are the trenches (4)

Answer 14

• protect soldiers from enemy attack
• rows and rows of trenches facing eachother
• each cut about 600 km cutting accros north france and belgium
• long line od trenches called western front

Question 15

What protected the trenches (1)

Answer 15

Sandbags and couls of barbed wire

Question 16

What was the area between the opposite trencjes called (1)

Answer 16

No mans land

Question 17

Explain the conditions in the trenches (5)

Answer 17

• conditions were terrible
• mud was everywhere
• dead bodies in trenches and no mans land
• awful smell
• hundreds rats fed on desd bodies

Question 18

How did the letters work? (2)

Answer 18

• weren’t allowed to say how write about bad conditions

- letters strictly censored

Question 19

How long did people figjt in the trenches (2)

Answer 19

• four years until Allies invented the tankin 1918

- tabks crossed trenches, no man land and broke the stalemate of trench warefare

Question 20

What songs were sung during war?(3)

Answer 20

• songs sung by soldiers to keep spirits up
• encourage people to think off and support soldiers
• many patriotic and encouraged involvement in war

Question 21

What poems were written during war?

(2)

Answer 21

• poems by soldiers on experiences

- published in news paper

Question 22

Name some famous war poets (3)

Answer 22

• rupert brooke and wilfred owen (dead)

- siegfried sassoon survived but scared by experiences