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The War to End All Wars

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World War I is known for being one the most significant wars written down in history. It claimed millions of lives, took hope away from soldiers, and made the greed of men grow. This altered the map of Europe, the balance of power, and future wars forever by bringing new strategies and new technology to the battlefield. Seeing these drastic changes made a great amount of writers expressed their cry for hope in their writings when the war had only begun, like H.G. Wells in August 14, 1914. He expressed his beliefs about why World War One was “THE WAR THAT WILL END ALL WAR”. The fact that it involved a big amount of countries, that agony and slaughter was the main theme and how it was based in the ambition of power over all, made people hope that this war will end it all. World War I was popular because it involved a big amount of different countries who came together as allies to destroy other countries (“Map of 1917: Countries Involved”, BBC). In the process of the war the number of countries increase and decrease because of what World War I turned out to be. The war started with little countries but this war became so powerful that other countries had to join, like for Example, USA. USA didn’t join this war at first, they just send weapons to this war, but the Germans had a specific mission and if they let USA keep sending weapons, their chances of winning were less, so they destroyed USA’s ships. “On April 6, 1917, the U.S. joined its allies--Britain, France, and Russia--to fight in World War I” (“U.S entered World War I April 6, 1917”, America’s Library). People though that it was another war, but when countries started allying, big amounts of countries joined, people realized that this war was different. The number of countries involved in this war made people think that this was a war that would never end, but it also made them think that when it did no wars will ever come again because it left some much da

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