History 1810E Lecture 10: World War 1 Lecture 10
6 Apr 2017
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World war 1 lecture 9, february 3, 2016. The war opens up: kaiserschlacht, government controls, mea(cid:374)while , the hundred days, mons, november 1918. Russia drew out of the war, germany was able to move its forces to the western front. German army can bring and extra 50 divisions to the west. Germans wanted to act before the americans arrived (cid:894)ger(cid:373)a(cid:374)y"s last cha(cid:374)ce(cid:895) March 21, 1918: germany launched its spring offensive. Started in the somme and was very successful. Get closer to paris than ever before (120 km away) Germany close to winning the war (did not have the resources to exploit success) The allies believe germany is closer to winner than war than ever before. Douglas haig: urges his troops to resist. Income tax july 1917 (brought in as a temporary wartime measure) Creates a sense of desperation on the home front. Escalation of government intervention on the lives of individuals. Censorship of major newspapers and magazines, mail censorship.
