The Home Front

We all know of the trials and tribulations of soldiers on the Western Front, in ditches and dug-outs in atrocious conditions, but it is easy to forget that World War One was the first truly global war, the first where civilians, no matter where they were, were involved. German submarines and their blockade saw rationing introduced, women went to work to replace men fighting in the trenches, Britain was shelled by battleship, bombed by Zeppelin and even attacked by plane. The war was no longer the preserve of the military, 1914 saw the first truly global war, with hideous new weapons and attacks on civilians.