Propaganda's Changes During The Great War

World War 1, also known as the Great War was the first “total war”. Total war is the idea of a war involving everyone and everything of the warring countries, this included governments, economies and both civilians and the military which had not previously been done in a war. The term total war was not created until 1930 by German general Paul Von Ludendorff (Llewellyn, Southey and Thompson). Total War has no limitations to the involvement of people or place of the war. Propaganda and new improvements in both weapons and order were made. Every country was affected by the Great War through economy, safety or through a political view. Economies of countries were changed during this time period due to the cost of war and weapons, new war improvements,

Because of the large effort put into the war through each country it changed the way war was fought creating a need for improvement in weapons and in areas such as laws and regulations.

In the time of the Great War all countries experienced change in many areas but specifically in propaganda, improvements in weapons and in adjustments to laws and regulations. Propaganda was used to motivate citizens to become more involved and contribute to the war (“Total War and the Coming War of Attrition”). During the war countries used propaganda to add patriotism and to get help in the war effort from people across the country. Governments were also making adjustments to the things they did, many government agencies now “prevent the publication of offensive or dangerous material in newspapers and books; to open and censor civilian mail; and to tap into telegraph and telephone communications” (Llewellyn, Southey and

During the Great War many people's jobs changed or became more important in the help to add to the war effort. In the war science was quickly used to develop new weapons for the war (“Total War and the Coming War of Attrition”). Science wasn’t the only thing that improved war efforts, women did too. Women were vital in the total war due to the amount of men that were fighting in their countries’ military. While a majority of the men were gone on the battlefield it impacted women life a lot. Women now did important jobs to help the men which transformed gender relations for many countries after the war (“Origins and Impact of World War I.”). Many women worked in factories producing weapons for the war. This was a dangerous yet important job that caused many to die from the weapons they were making malfunctioning