The Great War (Arushi): The Great War lasted four years, from August 1914 to November 1918, during the most violent century in history. It was the bloodiest war that the world had ever seen, where governments mobilised every human and material resource for the purpose of winning. It took millions of lives of civilians and combatants both, physically maiming many, and emotionally scarring an entire generation. It damaged economies, instated the United States as a major world power, led to the redrawing of European boundaries, and caused the demise of four empires. However, the war also helped give birth to nine new nations, as well as internationally realigning power, taking away from the former global primacy of Europe.
Culture (Murtaza): Nationalistic ideals spread through the Napoleonic conquests instigated the tensions that eventually led to the Great War. Among nationalism a key concept that was now being promoted was self-determination, Self determination emphasized that people with the same ethnicity and beliefs have a right to govern themselves in their own state. Besides these nationalistic ideals, aggressive patriotism spread by mass-produced newspapers helped develop the ideas that eventually led to war. Towards the end of the war, President Wilson outlined 14 points that the world should follow. These points included Self-Deterministic principles with free trade and open diplomacy. They also promoted the creation of a League of Nations that would ensure world peace. Even though the League was pushed it was not successful as it had no power to enforce its decisions. Amid these self-deterministic ideals the Mandate System was established by European powers which allowed superpowers to still maintain control over undeveloped countries in the name of compromise.
Human Environment Interaction (Saurav): World War 1 left a scar on humanity which can't be removed as the advanced technology stripped families from their homes and led to significant demographic losses. Machine guns which were further refined, were able to kill many soldiers at one time, so this was one of the most utilized weapons during the war. The use of this gun and other hazardous weapons such as poison gas led to millions of civilians and soldiers mercilessly killed. The ones who survived such assaults had no home to come back to as explosives such as bombs or grenades, destroyed apartments and shelter. Truly this war was horrific and led to decreased human environment interaction.
Social (Prayusha): World War 1 marked to be a turning point for the role of women in society. After men were sent off to war, the jobs that they had were all empty with no one working in these positions. So, women decided to vacate these positions and they took a new role in society and became workers. Many women were managing farms, businesses, and etc. Women also worked as police officers and postal workers. A lot of women even went into munition industry, which was sought to be dangerous. Even though initially there was a little resistance to hire these women to work in jobs that were seen to be "men's work," the enlistment into World War 1 proved to show an urgent need for women. This led to women working in areas that were formerly reserved for men, which sparked new views of women in society.
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