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How did the experience of total war during World War I impact the civilians in the war zones?

How did the experience of total war during World War I impact the civilians outside the war zones?

How did the experience of total war during World War I impact the soldiers that were drafted into the war?

How did the experience of total war during World War I impact the soldiers that volunteered for the war?

How did the experience of total war during World War I impact the nations (& their citizens) that won the war?

How did the experience of total war during World War I impact the nations (& their citizens) that lost the war?

Are there other groups you can think of that were impacted by the experience of total war? If so, how were they impacted?

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People far from the fighting felt the war in their everyday lives through its long environmental reach." Governments also became more involved in civilians' personal lives. They censored the press and distributed propaganda. They passed new nationality laws and social rules that restricted minority communities.

Transformations to the natural world occurred in places outside the combat zones. People far from the fighting felt the war in their everyday lives through its long environmental reach." Governments also became more involved in civilians' personal lives. They censored the press and distributed propaganda.

There were no limits to the weapons used, the territory, or combatants involved. Every soldier was a target. Propaganda posters convinced people to join the war in order to increase war effort.

Almost the whole of Europe and its colonial empires mobilized to wage World War I. Young men were removed from production jobs to serve in military roles and were replaced by women. Rationing occurred on the home fronts.

The war changed the economical balance of the world, leaving European countries deep in debt and making the U.S. the leading industrial power and creditor in the world. Inflation shot up in most countries and the German economy was highly affected by having to pay for reparations.

Total war made a significant impact on European society, most visibly by bringing an end to unemployment. The withdrawal of millions of men from the labor market to fight, combined with the heightened demand for wartime products, led to jobs for everyone able to work. The war also created new roles for women.Oct 8, 2015

With 3 million military deaths, the most affected country in our data was Germany.

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