Too many of us, it's a black and white war and part of the remote past, however, it was not the Second World War but the first that largely shaped the modern world. It ended the long century of optimism and faith in human progress, transformed the political landscape of Europe, and gave birth to the ideas that dominated the 20th Century.
The First World War has long been a favorite period of mine and it ended today, November 11, 1918.