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Homefront 

 

-Many tend to fight better in their homefront because they are filled with pride.

  

 

 

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-the civilian population and activities of a nation whose armed forces are engaged in war abroad

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Total War

-Total war was raged against Germany.

 

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-a war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used, the territory or combatants involved, or the objectives pursued, especially one in which the laws of war are disregarded

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Propoganda

 

-he was charged with distributing enemy propaganda

 

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-information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view

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Weaponry

-Without the proper equipment to repair the equipment it maybe more of a photo prop than a piece of weaponry

 

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-weapons regarded collectively

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U Front

 

-U-boat is the anglicised version of the German word U-Boot, a shortening for  "undersea boat".

 

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-a German submarine used in World War I or World War II

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Lusitania

-The Lusitania was a cruise ship that carried many individuals including Americans.

 

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-RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner that a German submarine sank in World War I, causing a major diplomatic uproar

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Zimmerman Telegram

Because of the Zimmerman Telegram the U.S. entered the war

 

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-The Zimmermann Telegram (or Zimmermann Note orZimmerman Cable) was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the prior event of the United States entering World War I.

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Fourteen Points

 

-President Woodrow Wilson announced the Fourteen Points to Congress in early 1918

 

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-Fourteen goals of the United States in the peace negotiations after World War I

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 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

-The treaty of Brest -Litovsk brought peace to the Soviet Union.

 

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-The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty signed on 3 March 1918 between the new Bolshevik government of Soviet Russia and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire), that ended Russia's participation in World War I.

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Paris Peace Conference

The U.S. was not involved in the Paris Peace Treaty.

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The Paris Peace Conference, also known as Versailles Peace Conference, was the meeting of the Allied victors, following the end of World War I to set the peace terms for the defeated Central Powers diplomats from more than 32 countries and nationalities.

 

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