Most people are quite ignorant as to the history of WW1. (Not meant as an insult) WW2 is of course much more recent, much more dramatic, and the US had a much larger role. Yet arguably, WWI was much more influential in shaping the world of today and if you also believe that WWI laid the groundwork for WW2 (It pretty much did) then of course it was more influential.
For those interested, At https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/ Dan Carlin has a magnificent narrative history of WWI. It’s long, like 6 qty 1.5 hours episodes. Free. It’s called Blueprint for Armageddon. It’s superb.
“much more dramatic”
I’m not quite sure about that. In WWI the leaders were just ignorant about modern warfare. They would just send thousands of men across no man’s land to face guaranteed death in the face of machine guns.
That seems pretty dramatic to me.
My Grandfather moved to the US after he went through the Russian Revolution. His first job was being a soldier in WW1.
Thanks for posting this. Don’t know that much about WW1 but would like too.
WWI set in motion an arc of events that ended with the fall of the Soviet Union - since then we are in an arc of the rise of Islamic conflict