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Why did military strategists target civilian populations in World War I? Which populations? How did modern technology help them strike these targets? In your opinion, should women and children be treated differently from men during wartime? Who is affected by total war? Is the method of total war inhumane? media type="file" key="whstratsweapterry.mov"

WWI is considered as the first war that had involved total war that much because the Central Power and the Allies used everything they had to grant their sides victory. I will present three examples of the use of the war strategy during World War I.

WEAPONRY - ppl developed tools that would be effective to kill people - machine guns - poison gas - smokeless rifles - tanks - submarines - planes

BLOCKADE Britain and Germany needed more food supply - young men were sent to army - X enough food supply - import food - Germany and Britain blockaded each other by using submarines - Germany's Blockade didn't work - Britain's Blockade did work - navy - Germany's enemies=Russia, America (Germany sank the Lusitaia=killed 1195 americans)= starvation of Germany - result in mutinies in German navy which connects to German military and the fall of Kaiser

Misbehaviors - Britain took over civilians' rights by DORA, Defense of Realm Act. - covered the truth of the consequence of WWI so tht civilians would support having war against Germany - DORA gave the right to the gov't to change facts about on the newspaper - took control of the railroad for better transportation - many civilians as in 8 million ppl who became soldiers died because of the Great War

- Germany used gas in the year of 1915 when the government banned using it by the Hague Protocol of 1908

reference - wikipedia - answer.com