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Does the Great War deserve to be called Great?  

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Does the Great War deserve to be called Great? I do not believe that the First World War was great because several million people lost their lives fighting for four years over for a few strips of land which were no more than a mile wide. A lot of people who came back from the war were badly injured and lots had limbs missing, as the only treatment for wounds on limbs was amputation. The new weapons that were used meant people could be killed with horrific ease. The gas that was fired at the soldiers was not very difficult to avoid or to protect against but many soldiers were not trained or equipped to save themselves against the gas. Along time before the war started, Germany had planned what it would do if war was declared. The Germans had planned for a quick war that would not cost many lives on...

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