WW1 and Army Mobilizarion

Although Russia had the hardest time recruiting its citizens into its army it was the first to mobilize. Russia’s improving railways and increasing amount of rolling stock made it easy for her to get her troops to the German border. This was the monkey wrench in the German plans for attack. Under Schlieffen’s plan German forces had to attack and defeat the French before Russia could attack her. Russia can be commended for her swift mobilization, part of Russian mobilization involved military control in the front line territories and military installations.

Besides the problems that mobilization had created within European industry, there were many other concerns. Since civilians were involved in the war effort and numerous citizens were killed on both sides; European governments had to boast national moral.Propaganda was essential to factory production and it was crucial in the process of recruiting men for the front lines. Newspapers and journalists were use to do this. Many respected news papers, magazines and journals began to support the war effort. In Germany The Simplicissimus, the Hamburger and the Fremdenblatt were know for their propaganda. Censorship took place, stories which would hurt the war effort were not published and stories which would boost moral took the front seat to all other news.In France it was harder to control the news since the French government did not control the press. Propaganda was spread on a local level, fabricated stories told by soldiers was one effective tool use in spreading propaganda. France also created a press association which was responsible for distributing was related news. England approach was a little different. Since Ger

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