2007-07-25 18:10:09 · 15 answers · asked by micro3214 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
wishful thinking.........
2007-07-26 14:12:32 · answer #1 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the time , it was the largest war the world had ever seen involving more nations than ever before. Prior to WW2, it wasn't called World War One but "the Great War."
At the time, people thought they would never see a war so large. A few years later, World War Two proved them wrong.
2007-07-26 01:42:08 · answer #2 · answered by Lew W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were a bunch of bloody optimists. The war had bled to white the countries of Europe. Large percentages of each countries young men were lying dead in the mud of France. The hope was that no one would ever want to go to war again. The world is a big place. Laws were passed against war, posessing a navy, and having a military. England and France punished Germany and Austria with fines and the taking of land. Thus the seeds of World War II were sown. The imposed reparations helped cause a world wide depression. Economies collapsed and this caused the rise of fascist governments from the Soviet Union, Spain, Japan, Italy, and Germany. Like I said optimists.
2007-07-26 01:36:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The "war to end all wars" was mostly hype, to get soldiers and civilians alike to believe that the sacrifices they made for "The Great War" (its other nickname) would end war as a means of settling disputes. It stuck for three reasons: Since it was by far the bloodiest conflict of all time there was greater incentive to condemn (instead of romanticize) it. Because the original reasons for it beginning were a little fuzzy this explanation helped (several books worth of explanation there, which is why it was fuzzy at the time). Finally, the internationalist movements at the time (which spilled over into the Russian Revolution in 1917) weakened the traditional nationalist argument that tends to fuel war fever, and this expression allowed people to believe it served a "higher" purpose.
2007-07-26 01:32:31 · answer #4 · answered by camdenjohn2003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
la der des ders, the last of the last.
The phrase was in part a reaction to the horrors of the conflict with many believing that with the full cost of modern war so evident no nation would fight once again. It was partially an outgrowth of the original reasons for going to war seeming insignificant as the conflict dragged on, and the notion was adopted as an explanation for why continued sacrifice was needed. The notion of the conflict being a war to end all wars was also closely linked to the portrayal of Germany among the Allies; the country was seen as the heir of Prussian militarism, and a longtime warmonger. To end warfare, the defeat and destruction of this militaristic power in the centre of Europe was a necessity.
Compliments of Wikipedia.
2007-07-26 01:15:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes,that was the war to end with all the "old" wars,now the dangers from wars are much greater than before that war.
2007-07-26 02:01:37 · answer #6 · answered by whatever 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the time it was the largest, most fierce war ever waged in world history.
Nobody in that time could've imagined that the next and subsequent wars could be even larger.
2007-07-26 01:15:54 · answer #7 · answered by cbsmith300 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That was a name that Wilson gave to it. He never thought that after a war like that that another one would be coming so close. Unfortunately it was there treaty of Versailles that started WW II.
2007-07-26 06:52:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The war was so horrible that noone thought it would be possible for mankind to start another war
2007-07-26 01:15:49 · answer #9 · answered by tithonaka 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it was so large in scale and so devastating to the countries involved they thouught it was unimaginable that anyone would let it happen again. so naturally after the war the coalition of the greedy decided to punish the germans into depression leading to the rise of hitler and WWII. also after WWI league of nations was formed to discuss world issues. germany was banned and the usa refused to join because of partisan politics.
2007-07-26 01:43:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
During WWI we not only fought the human enemies, but we also fought the germ enemies as well. Many soldiers died in trenches of Influenza and other deadly diseases. You have to remember, none of those people ever thought we would have the kind of weapons we have today. No one ever thought we would have the kind of medicine we have either.
Today, if we get the flu we drink plenty of fluids and stay warm. In those days it was as deadly a disease as anything we have today.
2007-07-26 01:24:18 · answer #11 · answered by pj m 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋