Unit VI. The Great War
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Unit VI. The Great War
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C. An Industrialized War
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C. An Industrialized War1. Trench Warfare
a. Heaviest fighting took place along the Western Front (600 mile stretch)b. Dug along either side of “no man’s land” along the front
*Ineffective: little territorial gain*Disease and unsanitary conditions
2. New Weaponsa. WWI was the first war to make full use of modern technology and machinery
*Machine gun, poison gas, dynamite*Airplane, tank, submarine*Gas masks, barbed wire
3. Total Wara. All a nations resources go into the war effort; the war is fought at home as well as on the battlefield
*The draft*Taxes and loans to pay for war effort*Rationing of goods for the military
*Use of the press to spread propaganda*Women joined the work force; some joined the armed services or became nurses
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