HIS242H1 Lecture 2: The First World War
Document Summary
Historians believe that wwi and wwii are actually two parts of one long conflict. There was continuation in army officers (wwi) into officers (wwii) Shaped a generation: that was in charge of europe > looked through the prism of the wwi experience. The 20th century started in 1914 into 1991 (the dissolution of the ussr) The british felt that it was a bad war (wwi), they had no real conflict with germany. Wwii was a good war because they fought against evil. The eastern european felt wwi was a good war as it allowed for the creation of many countries (despite high levels of causalities) : the border wars. Major difference in causalities: most were soldiers (wwi), and most were civilians in wwi. During wwi, everyone was effected and participated in the war. In the beginning of the 20th century: russia wanted to expand into near the sea, the greek project. Russia was pushed back several times but persisted.
