Total War in World War 1?

Answer 1

World War I displayed many features of "total war". One was the explicit, sustained targeting of civilians by military forces, including the "zeppelin" attacks upon English cities. Another was the geographic scope of the military presence: ground troops from both sides were arrayed in unbroken lines from one end of Europe to another. Above all, the number of nations involved in the conflict is most emblematic of the "total war" displayed in World War I.