Studied by 4 people
Extent of mobilisation of human and economic resources
Human mobilisation
Conscription forced
Allies:
Uk gov negotiated women to work in munition factories- mobilising home front
Uk gov control human resources direction- made sure arms provided for
Economic mobilisation
All countries took loans through taxes
Allies:
Uk nationalised key industries (coal/mining), regulated wages to control inflation
Central powers:
Ger industrialist faced interference from military when trying to get War Board to overrsee production- (trying to control industry)
Not as successful as Britain
Russia’s borrowing led to inflation
Ger planned to pay for war through victory treaties- when they lost they were shocked and BANKRUPT
Military mobilisation
Both used full arsenal at disposal- eg Ger with unrestricted U-boat production
Both broke international agreements
Growth of government power
Both poured effort into wartime propaganda
morale
justification
reinforced nationalist sentiment
Helped encourage homefront and battlefront
Allies:
Br created a Ministry of Information with propaganda as its key policy- organised + prioritised
Ger invasion of neutral Belgium, as for many other things, helped to antagonise them in eyes of Brit propaganda
