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The Role of Propaganda and Women's Contributions During World War I

This overview explores the origins, purposes, and methods of propaganda during World War I, emphasizing its role in total war efforts. It highlights how nations adapted their economies for warfare, employed rationing, and harnessed propaganda to maintain morale. Additionally, it examines the significant contributions of women, who took on roles in factories, offices, and as nurses at the front lines. The impact of Russia’s withdrawal under Lenin, the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, and the final offensive on Paris are discussed, culminating in the war's effects and the Armistice of November 11, 1918.

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The Role of Propaganda and Women's Contributions During World War I

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  1. Propaganda -1 Origin Purpose Intended Audience Method of Distribution

  2. Propaganda-2 Origin Purpose Intended Audience Method of Distribution

  3. War Affects the Home Front • WWI became known as a total war (country devoted all of its resources to the war effort) • Goal for every country to win the war • Factories converted to munitions plants • Govt. used rationing of goods for the war effort • Govt. used propaganda to keep moral up • Women were used in factories, offices and shops • Women work the front lines as nurses

  4. Change in Russia (1917) Czar Nicholas II Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

  5. Russia Withdraws • Lenin first priority was to make a truce with Germany • March 1918 signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk • Germany now sends all of its forces to the western front • Germany will now try to end the war with one final attack on Paris • Moving the German army from the east to the west weakened the army

  6. Battle of Marne Part 2 • As the Germans attack, the Allies countered with 2 million American troops • Forced the Germans to retreat, Allies advanced into Germany • Other areas would fall (Ottoman Turks, German soldiers mutinied and turned on the Kaiser and revolution in Austria-Hungary)

  7. World War I Ends • Representatives from Germany’s new govt. and French Cmdr Marshal Foch met in a railcar outside of Paris • The two sign an Armistice which ends the war Nov. 11, 1918 • Effects of the War • 8.5 million killed, 21 million wounded • Cost of the War $338 billion

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