What is the total war? The total war is the engagement of an entire society, that requires the mobilization of the total population, including civilians, of each nation that is included in the conflict. The total war affects people in many different ways. Usually foods and products that are made in the country where the war is happening are rationed and then used to make materials for the war. Wages also then get controlled by the government. The leaders of the country will then try and enforce the war in effort to build up nationalism. People in the war and people that live around where the war is occurring are then out of food because it is being used for other things. What is world war I? World war I is known as the first world war. It is