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Social Impacts of Total War in Britain (Examples of Hysteria (Fear of…
Social Impacts of Total War in Britain
Examples of Hysteria
Fear of German espionage
Spies
Destruction of German stores
German watchmakers being bomb makers
False stories
Germans killing babies and nuns
Deportation
30,000 Germans deported from Britain
Suspicious people
German sounding names
Royal family changed names
German sausage called Bulgarian sausage instead
Reasons for Hysteria
1914 - German battle cruisers bombed coastal towns of Britain (500 casualties)
Air raids
Zeppelins
Gotha bombers
4000+ casualties
Scared people
Lowered morale
War reaching the homefront
Curfews and greater government control (extra fear)