The impact of war on the home fronts Flashcards
Increased production
Impact of the war on the home fronts
-in order to meet … for weapons and … countries had to … production
-in … and Britain the … took control of m…, r…, w… f… and s…
-with so many … fighting … moved into … that had … only been held by …
-in order to meet demand for weapons and equipment countries had to increase production
-in Germany and Britain the Gov took control of mines, railways, weapon factories and shipyards
-with so many men fighting women moved into jobs that had previously only been held by men
Food shortages
Impact of the war on the home fronts
-… sides tried to … each other by … or … supply …
-many … became … and … raised
-the British … forced the German … to set maximum … on … like sugar
-in Britain … was …
-both sides tried to starve each other by blockading or sinking supply ships
-many goods became unavailable and prices raises
-the British blockade forced the German Gov to set maximum prices on goods like sugar
-in Britain rationing was introduced
Enemy attacks
Impact of the war on the home fronts
-… attacks took place throughout the … on the … fronts in b…, f…, g… and b…
-lots of … died
-airship attacks took place throughout the war on the home fronts in Britain, France, Germany and Belgium
-lots of civilians died
Devastated landscapes
Impact of the war on the home fronts
-in the countries where … took place like … and … the … what …
-in … 75k houses, …k factories, …k bridges, 48k km of … etc were …
-in the countries where fighting took place like France and Belgium the landscape what destroyed
-in France 75k houses, 20k factories, 1k bridges, 48k km of road etc were destroyed
Anger
Impact of the war on the home fronts
-in … civilians … due to the British … blockade causing great … towards the …
-in 19…. … women … in front of the German … to … the return of the …
-in 19…. 10k … gathered to … the end of the …
-in … in 1917 and in … in 1918 the old … of … were removed by …
-in Germany civilians suffered due to the British naval blockade causing great anger towards the Government
-in 1915 500 women gathered in front of the German parliament to demand the retune of the soldiers
-in 1916 10k workers gathered to demand the end of the war
-in Russia in 1917 and in Germany in 1918 the old systems of government were removed by uprisings
