What is "Total War"? Discuss with reference to World War One and World War Two. First of all, what is "Total War"? What do we mean by it and what answer do we expect from this question? Total War is the war that affects all of society- not just armed forces, and that uses all the resources available to be able to win it. It's "the mobilization of the whole society and its resources for …showed first 75 words of 1846 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1846 total…before. As we can see from all the above information on both of the wars, we can definitely say that World War One and World War Two were Total Wars. Each level of society and almost every country were affected. They were the first Total Wars as nothing of this kind ever happened before the effects were horrific and the memories of those wars will always stay in people's hearts. The end. Done by ME.