“I'll be home by christmas” - An analysis of the first year of the Great War

Essay from the year 2008 in the subject History Europe - Germany - World War I, Weimar Republic, grade: A, , course: American History, language: English, abstract: The World War of 1914-18 - The Great War, as contemporaries called it, was the first man-made catastrophe of the 20th century. It was a war without parallel and all previous wars were eclipsed by its scale of destruction. Even in retros...