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- - - - When all of these things happened, Germany was all alone against the allies. they chose to stop fighting/surrender rather than fighting and unwinable war
- - - - How did Total War lead to rationing?
        
        Total War lead to rationing because there were so many people who were working which meant that people were buying more food.
    - - This was because governments needed to be able to use any and all supplies needed to supply the troops at war.
- - - - Industrialization: This is industrialization because they were making rapid improvements in military technology
    - - 8.5 Million soldiers died (21 million wounded)
      - Many civilians died as well.
        
        Slaughter
        
        Starvation
        
        Disease
        
        20 million people died from the flu
        
        More diseases in WW1
        
        The war also had a huge economic impact as well.
        
        Severely drained the treasuries of European Nations.
        
        The total cost was about 338 Billion
        
        It also destroyed a lot of farmland, homes, villages and towns.
        
        What strategies new to WWI probably contributed to the destruction of homes, villages and farms?
        
        Things like the mortar, tank and artillery probably contributed because they were really good at destruction and the artillery was not reliable with aiming. So, weapons like the Paris Gun that shot 75 miles away could go stray and destroy parts of towns that are miles away.
        
        The war also left huge affects on the Western World as well
        
        A huge sense of disillusionment was left among the survivors.
        
        Why might Westerners might have experienced disillusionment in the wake of WWI?
        
        They experienced disillusionment because it made them come to the realization of how bad the war actually was with the new technology. They came in to help the already drained French troops and saw what the impact of the war had on them.
        
        A lot of the despair of the time is reflected in the art and literature of the time
        
        The peace agreement also left a big mark as well
        
        The treaty was formed after great debates and compromise
        
        The treaty did give peace to the world, but at the same time, it left the German people angry for the treatment they were given.
      - War: This shows war because they were in war
      - More on the deaths of the war
- - - - Why did the allies want to open a supply line to russia: Because with russia running out of supplies if they could open a supply line it would cause the central powers to send more and more troops up against the Russians since their troops are now freshly supplied and each Russian soldier would have a gun causing a huge impact in the war.
      - After the Gallipoli Campaign failed the battle shifts to Africa and Asia where Germany was losing many colonial possessions from the Japanese and other allied countries british and french attacked all four of germany's African possessions and captured 3 of them
        
        elsewhere in Africa and Asia The british and french employed the subjects of their colonies to fight and many did hoping it would lead them to their freedom
        
        In 1917 the war shifted to the high seas as German sub warfare intensified that had been going on since shortly after the war began and announced they would sink any and all ships without warning around Britain. The Germans had tried this policy before in 1915 but stopped after America Strongly protested after two more final attacks germany agreed to no longer attack neutral ships.
        
        desperate for an advantage over the allies though the germans began their unrestricted sub warfare again thinking they could starve britain before american forces could mobilize and after ignoring the warnings from president wilson Germany sunk three american ships
        
        after Americans intercepted a message between Mexico and Germany stating that germany would help mexico regain the land it lost the the United states if they joined germany and that was the final straw and pushed america to join the allied war effort
        
        How did the Zimmerman note draw America into the war?: The note represented a direct threat to the american people and their way of life and proved to be the last straw for the American people as many already supported the allied war effort.
        
        On April 2, !917 President Woodrow Wilson asked congress to declare war so the united states could enter world war 1
        
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        [More information on the zimmerman note}(https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/zimmermann)
        
        More information on german sub warfare