Total War — definition?
Complete mobilization of all resources for war.
Economic mobilization — purpose?
Convert industries to support military needs.
Social mobilization — role?
Involve society, especially women, in war effort.
War propaganda — technique?
Use media and censorship to shape public opinion.
War loans — function?
Raise funds from civilians to finance war.
Union Sacrée — meaning?
Political unity during wartime.
War of Movement — phase?
Rapid, mobile military operations early in WWI.
Plan Schlieffen — goal?
Quickly defeat France through Belgium.
Battle of the Marne — significance?
Stopped German advance, ended mobile phase.
Trench warfare — characteristic?
Static, extensive defensive trenches, high casualties.
Major WWI battles — examples?
Verdun and the Somme.
Turning point 1917 — events?
Russian Revolution and US entry into war.
WWI ending — event?
Armistice signed November 11, 1918.
War of position — definition?
Prolonged trench stalemate with defensive fortifications.
Trench conditions — hardships?
Mud, rats, disease, and unsanitary living.
Weapons in WWI — innovations?
Heavy artillery, machine guns, poison gas, tanks, aircraft, submarines.
Civilian impact — examples?
Requisitions, bombings, famine, Armenian genocide.
Post-war treaties — purpose?
End war, redraw borders, impose penalties.
European territorial changes — result?
New states, lost territories, empire dissolutions.
Empires after WWI — fate?
Collapse of Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian, and Russian empires.
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