GCSE OCR Impact of WW1 on Britain 1914-1918

GCSE OCR Impact of WW1 on Britain 1914-1918

1. DORA 1916

   • Defence Of the Realm Act
   • British Summer Time
     • Farmers could work longer hours
   • Control over media and news
   • Conscription
   • Rationings
   • Watered down beer
     • Less drunk people, people work better

2. Properganda

   • Makes people think certain things
     • Make people join the Army
   • Types
     • Stories
       • GB were told that Germany stabbed babies
         • Make GB hate Germans and want to fight them
     • Posters
       • Lord Kitchener's
     • Cinemas showed news that may have been over exaggerated
     • Books
     • Speeches
   • What it showed
     • Food shortages
     • That people should hate Germans
     • Get men to join the Army
     • Get women to join jobs

3. Attitudes at the end of the war

   • British were angry at Germany
     • Believed that the Germans were to blame for the war
     • Blamed them for economic problems
       • The price of the war was expensive
         • Transport
         • Food
         • Clothing
         • Weapons
     • Annoyed at how much was lost
       • Homes
       • Family
       • Friends
     • Food shortages
       • Ships were being sunk by German U-Boats
         • Women had to grow food
           • Land Army

4. Treaty of Versailles

   • June 28th the Treaty was signed
   • France wanted to treat the German harshly
     • USA wanted a fair Treaty
       • GB was 'on the fence'
         • Not too harsh but harsh enough that they learn their lesson
   • Land was taken away from Germany
   • German's Army was reduced to 100,000 men
     • No tanks
     • No airforce
     • No submaries
     • 6 battleships
     • No troops in the Rineland (near France)
   • Germany was to pay £6 million of reparations