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About as scary as anything could be. The war involved most areas of the world, and involved civilians as well as the military.
It was an Australian military base.
World War I displayed many features of "total war". One was the explicit, sustained targeting of civilians by military forces, including the "zeppelin" attacks upon English cities. Another was the geographic scope of the military presence: ground troops from both sides were arrayed in unbroken lines from one end of Europe to another. Above all, the number of nations involved in the conflict is most emblematic of the "total war" displayed in World War I.
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It involved civilians as much as soldiers.
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Yes, it involved and affected all Australian people.
Japanese males were CONSCRIPTED (Drafted) into military service.
Cold War
World War 1 is an example of Total War. Total War is a conflict between two or more countries when all of their military and economic resources are employed to the destruction of the oposing country.
total war you're welcome