Question

Which of the following best illustrates the concept of total war in World War I?

A. Artillery shells caused high casualty rates along the Western Front.
b. Millions of young men volunteered to serve when war was declared.
c. Propaganda campaigns encouraged people to grow their own food.
d.The alliance system drew almost every major European power into the war.

Please help me! I am struggling. I am not good with history:(

Answer 1

I believe the answer is D. WWI was the first "total war," in which all of the people in all of the involved countries participated and were impacted.