Question

describe the impact of first world war on European society and polity

Answer 1

The impact of first world war on European society and polity are:

* Soldiers came to be placed above civilians.

* Politicians and publicists laid great success on the need for men to be aggressive, strong and masculine.

* The media glorified trench life but actually soldiers lived miserable lives in these trenches, trapped with rats feeding on corpses.

* They faced poisonous gas and enemy shelling, and witnessed their ranks reduce rapidly.

* Aggressive war propaganda and national honor occupied center stage in the public sphere, while popular support grew for conservative dictatorships that had recently come into being.