changing attitudes of the Germans
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Updated: 1 Nov 2017
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Enthusiasm was based on the
idea of going into a defensive war
- ConscriptionSchlieffan Plan fails at the Battle of the MarneSpirits are lifted at Christmas2nd Ypres gives Germans
hope in their future battles
(success in their use of gas)Cope with attrition warfare + terrible conditions
(BUT the Germans had better Trench systems)At the start of Verdun German attitudes
were high but faded as French successfully defends their fortsOn the Somme, they saw themselves
defending not only their fatherland but French villages
As a result of a brutal British assault the French villages were destroyed
But also suffered huge casualties
Hindenburg + Luddendurf command Germany
- make aggresive plansFearful of 'monotonous' 'incessant' artillery barragesUnrestricted submarine warfarePasschendaele lifts/keeps morale consistant because they successfully defend their positionRemargue's novel
- shows disillusionmentDwindling supplies
- soldiers are starvingMarch, Spring Offensive breaks the stalemate
was supposed to win the war
- difficulties with manpower + suppliesSuffered mutinies due to defeatBy the Summer of 1918, most soldiers knew that the war could be won. There use of anti-war protests by German soldiers. Germany was on the brink of revolution.
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