HIST 276: France Since 1871
Lecture 15 - The Home Front. 1917 is a critical moment in World War I, as the Bolsheviks seize power in Russia and Woodrow Wilson leads the U.S. into war on the side of the Allied powers. Although morale held steady on the home front in France, there were multiple mutinies and strikes as the war progressed. These mutinies were not in favor of German victory; rather, they were in protest of corruption at home, in the form of incompetence and profiteering. Literary and historical records of World War I bear witness to the difficulty faced by soldiers in reentering civilian life after returning home. (from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 15 - The Home Front |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. Advice for the Midterm Exam |
| [00:04:48] | 2. The Turning Point in 1917: The Russian Revolution and American Involvement |
| [00:17:05] | 3. Social Tensions of War: Profiteers, Women and Refugees |
| [00:24:19] | 4. Mutinies and Strikes: Popular Revolt on the Front and at Home |
| [00:36:53] | 5. Ludendorff's Last Push: The German Offensive of 1918 |
| [00:41:30] | 6. The End at Last: The Human Cost of War |
| References |
| Lecture 15 - The Home Front Instructor: Professor John Merriman. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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