The First World War's Impact

        Up to that point in time,  the world had never experienced a war with such intensity as it had with World War I. A main reason that there was such a high causality rate was because no country was prepared to fight a war of this magnitude. The weapons and strategies used in WWI were not of the highest technological caliber compared to those of WWII. Most of the combat fighting took place in trenches, which didn't give the soldiers much protection. The strength of bombs weren't as great or as effective as in WWII. The artillery that the soldiers used had bayonets attached to the front of them, which would mean that the soldiers would have to get really close to the enemy in order to use the bayonet. Since no one was prepared for the devastating effects of the war, the deaths and injuries of loved ones may have come as a surprise to family members who expected to see their soldiers return home from war. Fewer men returned home from war, which effected family life and the workforce. During the 1910s, it was the man's job to work outside of the home and support the family. With fewer men returning from war to go back to work, more jobs needed to be filled. Though no one knew what the effect of a world war would be, WWI served as the only primer the world could have had prior to WWII.