Home Fronts + Total War Flashcards
Propaganda
Deliberate presentation of one side of an issue
Mutiny
Rebellion by soldiers against their officers, often violent
War-weariness
Feeling of people who desperately desired an end to the war
Lord Kitchener
British minister of war until 1916, on the recruitment posters
Dilution
Process in Britain allowing unskilled workers into skilled occupations
Ersatz goods
Substitute goods produced when regular goods can’t be obtained
Supreme war office
Set up by Hindenburg in 1916 to control war production
Total war
The dedication of a nations entire resources and energy to the war effort
War socialism
Government control of the economy during the war
Absolutists
Conscientious objectors who refuse to participate in even non-combatant duties
Boche
French slang term of abuse for a German
Censorship
Policy of preventing the publication of unacceptable views or information
Conchies
Slang term for conscientious objector- people who refuse to enlist in the army on moral grounds
Propaganda
Deliberate presentation of one side of an issue
Conscription
Compulsory enlistment of men into the armed forces