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summary
a lot of people were killed and lives of civilians significantly changed
on the home front women got new freedoms and employment opportunities
profound effect on post-war politics
territorial changes
social
women
contributed to WW1 more significantly than in any modern war
war provided employment opportunities
across Europe a larger proportion of female population was employed than ever before
at the war's end many stopped working, in Britain two-thirds of women left jobs they had taken during war
permanent shift away from domestic service to white-collar employment (non-manual employment, typically office work)
enfranchisement (enfranchise - give the right to vote in political elections)
women were given the vote for the first time after the war
Russia
Czechoslovakia, Austria, Poland, Canada, Britain in 1918
Germany in 1919
USA in 1920
France in 1944
huge casualities
10 million killed
many severely wounded and are unable to work
political
post-war peace settlements
Germany
Treaty of Versailles (1919)
land
ten per cent of its land was removed and redistributed
West Prussia, Posen and Silesia to Poland
Eupen, Malmedy and Moresnet to Belgium
Northern Schleswig to Denmark
Hultschin to Czechoslovakia
Danzig and the Saarland became mandates of the League of Nations
All colonies were lost
Alsace-Lorraine to France
reparations
reparations set at 132 billion gold marks (but never paid in full)
military
Army reduced to 100,000 men
No air force, no tanks, no artillery
Navy limited to six battleships, 12 destroyers, 12 torpedo boats and no submarines
Rhineland became a demilitarized zone
economic