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  2. World War I in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    An early influence of the War on artists in the United Kingdom was the recruiting campaign of 1914–1915. Around a hundred posters were commissioned from artists by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee of which two and a half million copies were distributed across the country.

  3. Aftermath of World War I - Wikipedia

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    The aftermath of World War I saw far-reaching and wide-ranging cultural, economic, and social change across Europe, Asia, Africa, and even in areas outside those that were directly involved. Four empires collapsed due to the war, old countries were abolished, new ones were formed, boundaries were redrawn, international organizations were ...

  4. Effect of World War I on children in the United States

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    Drawing by Marguerite Martyn of two women and a child knitting for the war effort at a St. Louis, Missouri, Red Cross office in 1917. Though the United States was in combat for only a matter of months, the reorganization of society had a great effect on life for children in the United States.

  5. History of the United States (1917–1945) - Wikipedia

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    Well-organized criminal gangs exploded in numbers, finances, power, and influence on city politics. [1] A few local domestic-terrorist attacks from radicals, like the 1920 Wall Street Bombing and the 1919 United States anarchist bombings sparked the first Red Scare.

  6. World War I and religion - Wikipedia

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    Willi Ermann, a German Jewish soldier in WW1. Jews served in the war for several different reasons, with many enlisting in order to join with fellow citizens in combat; another driving factor was the desire to engage in conflict against Russia, a nation known for being oppressive to Jews. Many felt the need to help their fellow Jewish comrades ...

  7. Home front during World War I - Wikipedia

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    Jahn, Hubertus F. Patriotic Culture in Russia During World War I (1998) Lincoln, W. Bruce. Passage through Armageddon: the Russians in war and revolution, 1914-1918 (1986) Sanborn, Joshua A. Imperial Apocalypse: The Great War and the Destruction of the Russian Empire (2014). excerpt

  8. Lost Generation - Wikipedia

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    The Lost Generation is the demographic cohort that reached early adulthood during World War I, and preceded the Greatest Generation.The social generation is generally defined as people born from 1883 to 1900, coming of age in either the 1900s or the 1910s, and were the first generation to mature in the 20th century.

  9. Outline of World War I - Wikipedia

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    Cultural and strategic factors: Imperialism; Militarism; Nationalism; Cult of the offensive – Considerations of the advantage of striking first. Preventive war; Destabilizing of the European balance of power: Balkanization; Tensions between Austria and Serbia. May Overthrow; Pig War; Bosnian crisis; Tensions between Russia and Austria