ch.19 sct.1 C.T.#3

War World 1 threatened the lives of civilians on both sides of the Atlantic in two main ways: the threat of death and the threat to people's "way of life".
Many peoples' physical lives were taken away or put in jeopardy by the war. In America as well as in other countries, the potential of being drafted into war definitely presented some threats to civilians' lives. There was also a threat of death from attacks by U-boats, which the Germans used to sink any boat found in waters around Britain (p.584). The blockade of the German coast by the British killed several Germans who couldnot get enough food to survive (p.584). Lives were also being endangered by invading armies of (European) countries such as Germany, which attacked civilians and destroyed villages throughout Belgium (p.583). Much of the fighting took place in France, and many many soldiers ( probably as well as villagers cought in the midst of warfare) died during the war. In addition to soldiers' and civilians' lives being in danger, leaders of nations faced assassination, such as the Archduke of Austria who was shot by a Serbian.
The way of life for many people was also put in jeopardy by WW1. The British blockade also stopped German goods from going out, so anyone who was used to buying and using German products would have been affected in addition to the obviously suffering Germans. If Germany and her allies win and conquer the other countries (ex. Serbia), the conquered countries will definitely have a change in their way of life; Germany would probably force the people into sharing their customs and their laws and their wishes. For many countries involved in the war, food and supplies were needed for the military, so everything had to be rationed; people had to get used to not having plentiful amounts of food and having to work hard to get it.
I think there were more threats to actual lives than to people's "way of life" during the war and that is what most people would have been most concerned about anyway (their LIVES), so I believe danger of death was a bigger issue than losing one's culture or way of life.