HISB94H3 Lecture 1: Week 2.docx
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Part i: world war one and the russian revolution. The inflation of the price of a cup of coffee if every 10 minutes of lecture equals a year in. Beginning at . 50 cad: after 4 years, . 90. July, (4 years) 000: november (4 years) 70 million. Allied powers: russia, france, great britain and empire, italy, us, japan, romania, serbia, belgium, Greece, portugal, montenegro: gave most soldiers and lost most. The experience of wwi in four areas: shell shock, trauma of new type of warfare, by 1915, it was already a stalemate and a war of attrition. The british and french continued suicidal charges at the german defenses. In one week, the british shot 1. 5 million artillery shells. Total war total mobilization, not just of soldiers, but of all parts of society and the economy: everyone is part of war effort, propaganda. For some, the war allowed the true dimension of man and human nature to be seen.
