Regarding World War I, German historian Guido Knopp writes August 1, 1914 No one suspected that the 19th century, which had presented Europeans with a long period of peace, ended on that day and no one noticed that the 20th century actually began only at that time with a time of war lasting three decades and demonstrating what men can do to fellow humans
तेव्हा सुरू झालेल्या युद्धाचा काळ पुढील तीन दशकांपर्यंत कायम टिकून राहिला, शिवाय माणूस माणसावर किती अत्याचार करू शकतो याचाही प्रत्यय आला. ”