WW1 Homefront

Questions such as these require more specifics, such as: of what army? Or what nation's army? Etc. Because they are almost always different. Example: Vietnam War; Australian Centurion tank regiment was equivalent to a US Army squadron. An Australian tank squadron was equal to a US Army tank company. Note (for your info): The only two different ALLIED medium battle tanks in the war were the "Pattons" and "Centurions." Using the US Army as a model (and during the Vietnam War time frame): 1. Regiments were used only by the US Cavalry. 2. Regiments were about equal to a brigade. 3. Two or more squadrons made up a regiment (two or more battalions made up a brigade). 4. Two or more TROOPS made up a Squadron. (Samples: A Troop, B Troop, C Troop, etc.). Only the cavalry used the term "Troop", everyone else used the term "Company." Two or more platoons made up a Troop (two or more platoons made up a company). 5. US Armor Battalions (tank battalions) had about 500 officers and men. US Infantry Battalions (Infantrymen/Grunts) had about 600 officers and men. US Mechanized Infantry Battalions (equipped with M113 ACAVs) had about 900 officers and men. US Armored Cavalry Squadrons (M551 Sheridan/M113 ACAV equipped) had about 1,000 officers and men. Therefore, in the Viet War, a US Armored Cav regiment will have over 2,000 men.

Government were unwilling to load money off other countries so they increased taxes to raise $9 billion. The purchase of 'Liberty Bonds' by American citizens raised another $15 billion. Woodrow Wilson counted on Allies financial dependance as a weapon to use in achieving the goals of his postwar diplomacy. Lever Act- established food Administration. Persuaded America to save food for the shipment over seas. 'War Gardens' were created by women and children as a contribution to the war, they provided extra fruit and vegetables. The Prohibition was set up to restrict the sale and use as scarce grain supplies were reserved for soldiers abroad. In December 1917 the 18th Amendment banned production, sale and consumption of alcholic beverages. Bernard Baroch was in charge of taking care of the needless waste in production. He standardized products, established priorities for shipment of important goods, set prices to encourage factories to turn out goods quickly. By altering bike designs saved the War Industries Bond 2,000 tons of steel for war goods. Practical hysteria towards Germans and traces of German influence were repressed in American society. Sauerkraut was changed to 'Liberty cabbage' and hamburgers were renamed 'Salisbury Steak'. The speaking of German language in public was banned in half the States by 1918. German literary works disappeared from libraries, streets were renamed and the careers of German musicians suffered. When some Germans refused to by war bonds they met violence. There were more jobs for women and African Americans. 1 million women proceded to enter the workforce and the Women's Bureau was set up. There was a great migration of African Americans from Sounth to North. As Immigration had been cut off there were more job opportunities for all.

It was stereotyping against Germans because they fought against us.

One of the obstacles that Americans overcame in World War One included a low number of men who were available to work in factories and in farming during the war. Women often took over these jobs in order to keep families together.

They did the mens work.

ww1 at the time was known for the great war because there was no ww2 yet.

=When the men left for war suddenly there were thousands of jobs that needed to be filled. This gave thousands of opportunities to women to try new jobs. It showed the men in World War 1 as well that women could do more. Some jobs that women were given were, working on the land, on transport, in hospitals, in industry, in engineering, in factories, building ships and doing work such as loading and unloading coal. Some problems were that the women got paid much, much less than the men.=

Some reasons why America became imperialistic were:

-to spread democracy

-to build a strong navy

-to benefit the US economy

How did President Theodore Roosevelt show the imperialism?

-Roosevelt Corollary: An act which added power to the Monroe Doctrine. It basically said that the US could act as an international police. (Also known as the "Big Stick Policy"

-Building of the Panama Canal: The US Navy had a long and dangerous route in order to get from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean (troops had to go from the east coast to around the bottom tip of South America and then around again to the west coast). To solve the problem, Roosevelt found it appropriate to build a canal in the land that was then part of Columbia. Columbia agreed to grant America the land, but at the last minute backed out of their deal. Outraged, Roosevelt convinced the independence-seeking Panamanians to revolt against Colombia; they eventually gained there independence and were quick to grant the US the land to build the Panama Canal.

From the '60s BBC series about WWI I remember they said that there was surprisingly little opposition to the conscription when it was introduced in 1916. The British government expected hundreds of thousands of protesters on the streets, but it turned out to be only a couple of thousand, and the protest didn't last long

In Australia there was resistance from many different sections of society. The Archbishop of Melbourne Daniel Mannix, who famously referred to the war as an imperialist one said that Australians, especially Catholics should not be involved it. Many of his followers sypathised, although this was likely a result of British action in Ireland during the Irish revolution in 1916. Resistance also came from the IWW (international workers of the world) who were a political force in Melbourne at the time. They organized many protests against the war and united workers and unemployed.

It's also worth mentioning that Australia's Prime Minister at the time, W.M. 'Billy' Hughes, was fanatically pro-Conscriptionist because he believed that Australia's long-term survival as a regional power depended upon her being involved in the war. He went about introducing conscription in a very combative, dictatorial manner, forcing it through Parliament like a juggernaut and angrily demanding that it be supported by all sectors of society throught the whole Continent. This totalitarian, bullying approach served to alienate many people who might otherwise have considered conscription as a necessary evil in order to secure Australia's long-term survival as an independent, viable nation.

WW1 introduced submarine warfare, tanks, chemical warfare, and aerial combat. Man's history already knew battleship warfare from Tsushima in 1905; and massed land warfare consisting of infantry. WW2 REFINED submarine warfare, tanks, and aerial warfare; chemical warfare was outlawed by treaty.

The USA lost 117,465 people killed, with another 205,690 wounded.

Great Britain lost almost 1,000,000 people killed and more than 2,000,000 wounded.

France had almost 2,000,000 deaths and over 4,000,000 wounded.

the British army came into being with unification of the kingdom of England and Scotland into the united kingdom of the great Britain in 1707. the new British army incorporated regiment that had already existed in England and Scotland. the British army has traditionally relied upon volunteer recruits, the only executions during the latter part of the first world war the second world war only during peace time, when conscription was enacted

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b-the shift in production from heavy industry to consumer goods and services

(garantee rite)

To repay for the damages caused and to create lasting peace by ruining Germany to a point that it no longer had the ability to wage a war.

The end of isolationism - millions of young American soldiers had been to Erope and seen big cities for the first time.

Women's emancipation - so many of them had performed men's jobs, and performed them very professionally.

America's role as mediator of the war - it raised their status and image in the world.

They fought against the Central Powers, the two main countries being Germany and Austria-Hungary. The US joined after Germany re-commenced unrestricted submarine warfare after having ceased at the request of Wilson, but they resumed it after pressure from the Navy forced the Kaiser to. The naval blockade from Britain was destroying Germany at home, and they had little choice but to resume. Another cause was the infamous Zimmermann telegram, which Germany sent to Mexico trying to coax them into fighting America, with Japan's help. They miscalculated the time it would take America to mobilize, thinking it would take many months, but instead only took weeks. Germany would make the same mistake in WW2 against Russia this time.

Life was hard sometimes. Especially for boys; not having a father figure around wasnt easy. Obviously younger children would be worried too, but it was mostly the mother, the older (teenage) children or the other adults in the house that would be more worried as they knew more of the horrific things that could happen in he war. Younger children mostly forgot and got used to living without their father - they carried on their normal lives and if evacuated, often wondered what people at war were going through. They almost carried on living and working around the fact their father was gone.

I'm not be stereotypical but it was often the mother who had to work, look after the house and the children and cooked for them. The father would not really get involved with these things so not having a father around wasnt anything new for them!

Hope this helped.

Kites were commonly used in the war because it is an easy way to transport messages. in the Civil War if you were flying a kite the South would think it is a child playing with a kite.

you can find buried ww 2 soldiers on a world war 2 cemetery in france(normandy,for axample ),in belgium,holland, italy, luxemburg. type in world war 2 cemeteries and you will find some ww 2 cemeteries on the internet!

Soldiers fighting in the trenches must have felt sad and miserable being away from their family. They would have been living in such a horrible state An average soldier would have only seen about 10 days of combat in a year. This made it even more depressing and sad for them. On the days that they actually got to fighting their enemies they would have had so much adrenaline running through their bodies that they would forget how miserable they were and they would have enjoyed the moment where they can kill the people who killed their friends.

In the United States, there was a draft in 1942. In that year, the U.S. Congress lowered the draft age to 18 years old.

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