Book contents
- On a Knife Edge
- Cambridge Military Histories
- On a Knife Edge
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Hubris
- 1 The Road to War
- 2 ‘It Can Hardly Go Wrong Now’
- 3 Tannenberg and the Rise of Hindenburg
- 4 The European Stalemate
- 5 A Strategy of Muddling Through? The War in 1915
- 6 ‘An Unparalleled Act of Barbarism’: The Naval Blockade, Submarine Warfare and the Battle for American Neutrality
- 7 ‘Potato-bread Spirit’: The German Home Front in 1914–1916
- 8 Squaring the Circle: Falkenhayn and Verdun 1916
- 9 Summer 1916: The Allied Attack on All Fronts and Its Failure
- Part II Climax: At the Apex of War
- Part III Nemesis: The Defeat of the Central Powers and the Destruction of the European Order
- The Final Reckoning: A Terrible Debt that Must Be Paid
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index: People
- Index: Places
7 - ‘Potato-bread Spirit’: The German Home Front in 1914–1916
from Part I - Hubris
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 October 2022
Book contents
- On a Knife Edge
- Cambridge Military Histories
- On a Knife Edge
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Hubris
- 1 The Road to War
- 2 ‘It Can Hardly Go Wrong Now’
- 3 Tannenberg and the Rise of Hindenburg
- 4 The European Stalemate
- 5 A Strategy of Muddling Through? The War in 1915
- 6 ‘An Unparalleled Act of Barbarism’: The Naval Blockade, Submarine Warfare and the Battle for American Neutrality
- 7 ‘Potato-bread Spirit’: The German Home Front in 1914–1916
- 8 Squaring the Circle: Falkenhayn and Verdun 1916
- 9 Summer 1916: The Allied Attack on All Fronts and Its Failure
- Part II Climax: At the Apex of War
- Part III Nemesis: The Defeat of the Central Powers and the Destruction of the European Order
- The Final Reckoning: A Terrible Debt that Must Be Paid
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index: People
- Index: Places
Summary
This chapter deals with the internal situation and the home front during the first two years of the war. It analyses Germany’s economic situation, the question of blockade, foodstuff, shortages and internal unity, as well as war finance. It concludes that Germany could cope, during the first half of the war, with the enormous challenges of the war.
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- On a Knife EdgeHow Germany Lost the First World War, pp. 128 - 146Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022