Responsibility for starting the war

Japanese: 開戦責任 - かいせんせきにん
Responsibility for starting the war

…World War I showed the appearance of a total war, but in order for the warring nations to mobilize their people for the war, they needed to publicize the justification for the war within their own countries and the causes of the war to the public. For this reason, the warring nations publicized the issue of war responsibility by shifting the blame for starting the war onto the other side. The Treaty of Versailles, which followed the war, held Germany responsible for all damage suffered by the governments and peoples of the nations in the war, and demanded Germany cede territory and pay large reparations. …

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "responsibility for starting the war" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…第1次大戦は国家総力戦の様相を示したが,交戦諸国が戦争に民衆を動員するには戦争の名分を国内に宣伝し,戦争の原因を民衆に宣伝する必要があった。このため開戦責任を相手になすりつける形で,交戦諸国は戦争責任問題を宣伝した。大戦後のベルサイユ講和条約は,戦争で諸国の政府と国民のこうむったいっさいの損害の責任はドイツにあるとし,領土の割譲や多額の賠償金などをドイツに要求した。…

※「開戦責任」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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