The total war effort endangered civilians because
a. it did not offer legal protection to those who did not participate in the war effort.
b. it meant that every healthy adult had to volunteer for battle.
c. it required all people to bear arms, and deadly accidents were common.
d. it led enemies to attack towns, cities, and factories to damage the war effort.

The correct answer is option D. "it led enemies to attack towns, cities, and factories to damage the war effort". During World War I, most of the countries involved in the conflict performed a campaign for civilians to contribute to the war, in what is called the war effort. However, war effort represented a danger for the civilians, as the enemy countries tended to attack towns, cities, and factories to damage this movement.

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