Europeans really did not expect that the First World War would provide an unprecedented opportunity for the development of the small nouveau riche in the United States. Who would have thought that those countries that had experienced the industrial revolution would think that this war was just a small fight, and it would be over in three months to six months at most?Before World War I, Europe was the world's leader in all aspects, just as modern man was to primitive man, and a few countries in the Americas (the United States and Argentina?).It's nothing more than the nouveau riche.
The First World War was a big fight between adults in Europe, and other countries could only watch the excitement ......Even after the end of World War I, Europe remained the center of the world. The United States is only economically and industrially strong, but it is far inferior to Britain, France, and Germany in terms of international status, scientific and technological level, and military strength. The real status of the United States was determined only after World War II.
The pre-World War I aristocracy had no idea what this first large-scale industrial war in history would turn out of, and the war scene in their minds was still stuck in the Napoleonic era, which led them to misjudge the ** rate and mistakenly think that it was a good opportunity to fight for fame, and as a result, a large number of people were sent to the battlefield.
In addition, Britain and France had divided the world before the First World War, and the German nation was deeply traumatized (8 million people died in the Thirty Years of Religious Wars in the 17th century, that was 8 million people died in the 17th century, leaving an indelible psychological wound on the Germans), and it was this trauma and the desire for great rise that led them to madness and challenge the world order dominated by Britain and France. This was the essence of the First World War.
As a result, the mad Germans after the rise ended up burying the whole of old Europe with their own hands.