Mobilisation Flashcards
How can the 19th century be seen as an age of progress?
In terms of technology, medicine, communications and science
When did cultural mobilisation begin in Europe?
1910
Why did propaganda have such a big effect?
Most combatant nations had 100% literacy
When did German morale collapse on the home and war fronts and why?
In autumn 1918 because they realised most of the propaganda they had been shown had been entirely false
What did Werner Sombart argue about German soldiers?
That they would return home from the front and improve society
When did the military stalemate begin?
Late 1914/ early 1915
How many men were mobilised for ww1?
65,000,000
How many men were killed in ww1?
8,000,000
How many men were wounded in ww1?
21,000,000
What is total war?
When a country has to mobilise every resource it has available to fight the war
What level of mobilisation was there in France and Germany?
80%
What level of mobilisation was there in Britain, Serbia and the Ottoman Empire?
50-60%
What level of mobilisation was there in Russia?
40%
How many Britons died in the war?
1 in 8 soldiers
How many Serbians died in the war?
1 in 3 soldiers
How many French died in the war?
1 in 6 soldiers
How many Italians died in the war?
600,000
When did Georges Clemenceau begin speaking of total war?
1917
How many rounds would French munitions factories produce oil one day in 1916?
200,000
How many rounds would a Russian munitions factory produce per day in 1916?
150,000
When did the Bolsheviks sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
March 3, 1918
When was the Berlin Spartacist revolt?
4-15th January 1919
When was the Budapest Hungarian Soviet Republic formed under Béla Kun?
March 21-August 1 1919
When was the Munich Bavarian Soviet Republic declared?
April 6- May 3 1919
When was the Russian Civil War?
1918-1921
How many total casualties were there in the Russian Civil War?
2.5-3 million
How many Russians died between 1917 and 1922?
12.7 million
How many deaths were there from the Ukrainian famine 1921/1922?
6 million
When was Archduke Ferdinand assassinated and by whom?
June 28, 1914
When did Italy join World War One?
April 25, 1915
When did Britain introduce conscription and by which act?
January 27, 1916 by the Military Service Act
When did America declare war on Germany?
April 6, 1917
Which empires were destroyed by World War One?
Russia, Austro-Hungary, Hohenzollern Germany and Ottoman Turkey
How many republics were there in Europe in 1914 and 1918?
3 and 13
What did Thomas Mann say World War One would achieve?
The liberation of Europe from the toxic comfort of peace
