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changing attitudes of the allies
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changing attitudes of the Germans
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Enthusiasm at outbreak was high -only a minority opposed the war
Combatting German aggression - Christmas truce + Barbarism - 'August Madness' (400,000 men enlist)
Reality of war set in to the troops began to realise it did not fit with ideas of glory -> monotony + terror of trench warfare
Reality of attrition warfare + shell shock
Battle of Verdun - Lost French morale due to huge casualties 'mincer'
Battle of the Somme - Casualties/futility
Started to question who the real enemy was - Poets like Sassoon Memoirs, Graves + Coppard
Improved food supplies
500 French soldiers received the death penalty/ 50 killed - failure to obey military orders
Disillusionment with war after horrific conditions - High casualties in Passchendaele Nivelle Offensive - large scale French casualties leading to widespread mutinies followin g all around low morale
Exhausted, stress + depression -> war weariness
German Spring Offensive - Allies are pushed back towards Paris
Cambrai - broke the Hindenburg Line - US Entry in April