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World War I - "The First World War was the first modern war."
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Matthijs Smits IB History Mr. Johnson February 8, 2004 World War I Essay Assignment "The First World War was the first modern war." Although there have been doubts about and rivals to this statement, such as the Anglo-Boer War and the American Civil War, it is probably true that WWI did prove to be the first modern war. Yet, there is still one prime factor that prevents this from truly being a modern war. This is the factor, that, though World War I was fought with 20th century weaponry, it was fought with a 19th century sentiment. Think of the American Civil War, where two generals met on a field, fought, counted their casualties, retreated, and later fought on a different battlefield. World War I was in some ways no different, and that ultimately led to the millions of casualties during World War I. Due to...
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