“It is the ending of the world.” Half of all Frenchmen aged 20 to 32 at war’s outbreak were dead when it was over. “This is not war,” one wounded soldier wrote home. It became known as “the war to end all wars.” It cast an immense shadow on tens of millions of people.
The first “world war,” from 1914 to 1918, was fought throughout Europe and beyond. What followed soon after were two devastating wars. The 20th century began much like our own-with hope that education, science and technology could create a better, more peaceful world. More than fifty million people from around the world visited the Universal Exposition-a world’s fair intended to promote greater understanding and tolerance among nations, and to celebrate the new century, new inventions, exciting progress.
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