AMH 2020H Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Trench Warfare, Shell Shock, Military Technology
24 Jun 2016
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Key terms: all of them, except western front, and great migration. Woodrow wilson- strick in government and people: believes america is the biggest model of christianity and democracy for the world. Weapons play a role in the war (making it a different type of war) Piece of the pie mentality- you must with one country, you mess with the allies. The objective was not to create a major war. Military was a way to rise up in the rank- honorable; everyone wanted to the join the war- patriotic, better than a job (european times) Military technology was way ahead of military tactics in world war i. What did the war evolve into?- trench warfare (a stalemate) A fighting chance; no nuclear bombs= a fair fight. World war 1 ( according to text book) America and brit were buddies, and we overlooked when they (as well did germany) violate international policy on searching ship and confiscating for trade.
