Illustrations of the First World War

Abstract

England entered the First World War (WWI) on 4 August 1914, and it is a pivotal event for the world history, and more specifically, for the comprehension of the twentieth century due to the enormous impact it caused in society. Once WWI finished, the world was no longer as it had been previously. It brought, on the one hand, the end of the geopolitical order known until the nineteenth century. This way, we can appreciate the disappearance of four empires, the German, the Turkish, the Russian, and the Austro- Hungarian one, giving birth to other new nations that will occupy their places on the map. In Russia, we will find the establishment of the Bolshevik Government, while the United States of America will become a new world power. The previous moral values are going to be very questioned once WWI ended, and the mentality of the whole Europe changed radically due to the great amount of destruction and losses it caused: now, progress could also mean something fatal for humankind.