PREMIERE : EXERCICE

Sujet : World War 1, a total War

Source 1: WW1, a violent war

From America Pathways to the Present, by Andrew Cayton, 2005

	Casualties (deaths)	Average death toll per day	Period  (in days)
WWI	8 000 000	6 837	1 170
Napoleonic wars (French soldiers)	7 00 000	148	4 745
Battle of the Somme	1 000 000	7 141	140
Battle of Verdun	220 000	733	300

Source 2 : War at home : Mobilizing the economy