All Quiet On The Western Front
For every action, there is a consequence. Whether it is severe or not depends on the situation. In the case of World War I, the consequence was not particularly light. The amount of people lost of the First World War, is a number that you wouldn't even dream of. So many people were injured, lost their lives, or even their minds. For centuries war has been ruining the lives, and the families of people involved. War destroys many things, and too often it is citizens' lives. In a nutshell, war is a waste of lives. The statistics for WWI are incredible are 9 million dead in action, 9 million dead from starvation, 22 million wounded, and 5 million missing. When you look at those numbers, you can start to have an understanding of how tragic this war actually was.
One reason WWI was seen as a stalemate was because there was no cookie-cutter winner. It was seen as a war of economies. They were fighting for things like to see who could outlast the other, who would run out of ammunition first, pretty much, who had the best supplies. The other problem with this being a war being a war of economy, is the obvious; it took a serious toll on their nation. The money lost on the war was too great. Especially since that's all that was lost in the war, money and pride. The fact that neither the Allies, nor the Central Powers was fighting for something other than, who had the better economy, makes this war even more of a tragedy. As a person wouldn't you question why this war was taking place if we were not fighting to keep or gain land? The reason many people did not is because one simple word, nationalism. Nationalism was the key ingredient to the war. It is what fueled many people to join the war.
Many people in the war could have gone on to live great lives. We lost great authors, poets, political leaders, doctors, and just great people in general. Instead the leaders of the countries involved in WWI manipulated their people with nationalism...
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