Examine the effects of war and the fear of war on the civilian population of two countries during World War one. The First World War was 'Total' in nature and was the first traumatic war Great Britain experienced. One of the features of the war leading up to Britain's involvement was the use of propaganda posters to divert all attention to the War from the home front. The home front was defined as the active …showed first 75 words of 2170 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2170 total…same way as the British population. There was a massive 37% rise in the workforce for women which was mainly the results of labour shortages. Yet till the end of the war this did not change which meant that women had managed to achieve the same social class as men. Ultimately, returning German soldiers felt that they had been cheated as the Treaty of Brest Litovsk ended the war on the eastern front in March of 1918.