HIS242H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Tirailleur, Sulfur Mustard, Maria Bochkareva
Document Summary
The great war as total and world war, 1914-1918. Based on german fear of encirclement: addressed real issue that they would have to fight a war against both russia and. 1870 franco-prussian war: made germany believe that france would be an easy fight and that russia would be hard to beat, but slow to mobilize. German logic: short war in the west, long war in the east. When invaded by germany, many atrocities were committed. In fear of retaliation, germany torched the medieval town, killed citizens, and destroyed the famous university library. Battles and accounts of the war in the west. Issues of wwi: trench warfare, very outdated and impractical uniforms, hand to hand combat, defensive capabilities of both sides were much greater then the offensive capabilities. Passchendaele: very muddy war field, 400,000 lives lost. All quiet on the western front : describes life as a solider in wwi.
