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UNITED KINGDOM
WWI by Elizabeth and Brooke
UK Background Info
Currency GBP (Great British Pound) Constitutional Monarchy British English 46mil 63mil (People)
Triple Entente
France Russia United States Serbia Italy Montenegro Romania Greece Portugal
Before the War
Britain didn’t care for European affairs Balance of powers among nations Naval supremacy
Involvement in War
Economic rivalry with Germany Militarism (fueled arms race) Germany declared war with Belgium
France (UK’s ally) Germany broke treaties with
France/Russia
Military
Only country without draft in the beginning
Used lots of propaganda “Your Country Needs You” Over 3mil men volunteered in 2 years Had to pass Military Service Act, 1916 Act until 1920, raised 2.5mil men
Propaganda
Military Service Act, March 1916
Single men aged between 18 and 41 Exempted medically unfit, priests, and teachers Act went through many changes Married men, up to 51years old Extended to 1920 Raised 2.5 million men
Map Comparison
1914 1918
General Edmund Allenby
British military leader (1861-1936) Led British forces in Syria and Palestine Defeated Ottoman Empire troops
Wilfred Owen
British WW1 poet
Anthem for Doomed Youth
What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?Only the monstrous anger of the guns.Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattleCan patter out their hasty orisons.No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells,Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs,—The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells;And bugles calling for them from sad shires.
What candles may be held to speed them all?Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyesShall shine the holy glimmers of good-byes.The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall;Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds,And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds.
Results of the War
Debts equivalent to 136% of their GNP More democratic society Staple wartime industries- coal, ship-building, steel-contracted Working women ceded jobs