Mobilisation Flashcards
(35 cards)
How can the 19th century be seen as an age of progress?
In terms of technology, medicine, communications and science
When did cultural mobilisation begin in Europe?
1910
Why did propaganda have such a big effect?
Most combatant nations had 100% literacy
When did German morale collapse on the home and war fronts and why?
In autumn 1918 because they realised most of the propaganda they had been shown had been entirely false
What did Werner Sombart argue about German soldiers?
That they would return home from the front and improve society
When did the military stalemate begin?
Late 1914/ early 1915
How many men were mobilised for ww1?
65,000,000
How many men were killed in ww1?
8,000,000
How many men were wounded in ww1?
21,000,000
What is total war?
When a country has to mobilise every resource it has available to fight the war
What level of mobilisation was there in France and Germany?
80%
What level of mobilisation was there in Britain, Serbia and the Ottoman Empire?
50-60%
What level of mobilisation was there in Russia?
40%
How many Britons died in the war?
1 in 8 soldiers
How many Serbians died in the war?
1 in 3 soldiers
How many French died in the war?
1 in 6 soldiers
How many Italians died in the war?
600,000
When did Georges Clemenceau begin speaking of total war?
1917
How many rounds would French munitions factories produce oil one day in 1916?
200,000
How many rounds would a Russian munitions factory produce per day in 1916?
150,000
When did the Bolsheviks sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
March 3, 1918
When was the Berlin Spartacist revolt?
4-15th January 1919
When was the Budapest Hungarian Soviet Republic formed under Béla Kun?
March 21-August 1 1919
When was the Munich Bavarian Soviet Republic declared?
April 6- May 3 1919
