I always wondered why it was named the "Great" War. Yes, I am aware that at the time (by autumn 1914) people thought that it would be over soon, (laughably, it was believed that 'The Boys' would be home by Christmas, and this was going to be the war to end all wars.
How wrong could they have been.
Not only was it the first of many wars in that century, it was the world - Society and culture -- that ended and was never quite the same again.
Too many Empires ended without what would nowadays be la belled "an exit strategy"; Those old empires fell apart and the replacements were founded on illogical old ideas.
Look at the problems of the last 50 years, they all have their roots in the debris of 1918.
