The effects of protracted war on civilian life of the major powers. The sinking of RMS Lusitania, reprisals against foreign nationals. The founding of Lloyd George's Ministry of Munitions, employment of women in the war industry, resulting labor disputes.
With the war dragging on, Britain needs more of everything - more men, more guns, more bullets, more shells. However, Britain is far from an industrial modern nation - and it will be left to Minister of Munitions Lloyd George to drag the nation into the 20th century and onto a proper war footing.—W A Mckibben