General context Flashcards
1
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Women
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- Changes in the lives and roles of women due to suffragettes
- Women had a domestic role before the war
- Nursing- saw what the injuries were like
- Experienced loss on an enormous scale
- Changed in sexual attitudes
- 1918 - gained the vote
2
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Home Front
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- Government control over aspects of society
- Rationing
- Propaganda
- Recruitment drives then eventually conscription (1916)
- Soldiers on leave
- Loss and injured soldiers return
- Fear, uncertainty and anxiety
3
Q
Physical, Mental and Spiritual Consequences
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- Shellshock
- Loss of control
- Hallucinations
- Nightmares
- Constant fear
- PTSD
- Loss of faith/belief
- Questioning existence
- Disability
- Hope vs Fear
- Death and injury
4
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Politics
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- Propaganda, encouraged people to sign up
- Censorship
- DORA - Defence of the Realm Act - 1915
- Hierarchy and Social class in war with the soldiers
- Ireland part of the UK who were trying to be independent
- Suffragettes died down during the war a little so that could help the war effort
- Sassoon’s declarations shows politicians are the ones in charge, government inform generals with what to do, prosecuted for the wrong reasons
5
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Patriotism
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- Comradeship idea of fighting together for your country
- Propaganda made people more patriotic
- Naivety
- Glory and honour as the soldiers were fighting for their country
- Almost lost towards the end of the war
6
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Realities of war
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- Trench conclusions were appalling e.g rats, corpses
- Saw huge amounts of death
- Lost naivety
- Didn’t do much most of the time apart from sitting around waiting for the orders
- Fear of the top
