The song "Oh!, It's A Lovely War" was performed and published by Courtland and Jeffries. The song was meant for two different audiences. One of the audiences were solders in the trenches during the war. The song was supposed to help solders keep their spirits up during the war. The other audience was younger people who had not joined the war yet. The lyrics in the song makes the war sound fun to join to younger audiences. The song lyrics are embellished to make it seem as if it is fun to be in the war and the song is also catchy.

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On August 3rd 1914 Germany invaded Belgium. Britain protests the violation of Belgian neutrality, guaranteed by a treaty, the German Chancellor replied that the treaty is just 'a chiffon de papier' (a scrap of paper). Britain declared War on Germany at 11pm on August 4th 1914, the Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey remarked "The Lamps are going out all over Europe". The War lasted 4 years and spread to become a World War. By it's end on 11th November 1918, 10 Million men had died and four major imperial powers—the German, Russian, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires ceased to exist.

World War I (WWI or World War One), also known as the First World War, was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. More than 9 million combatants were killed, a casualty rate exacerbated by the belligerents' technological and industrial sophistication, and tactical stalemate. It was one of the deadliest conflicts in history, paving the way for major political changes, including revolutions in many of the nations involved.

By the end of the war, four major imperial powers—the German, Russian, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires—ceased to exist. The successor states of the former two lost substantial territory, while the latter two were dismantled. The maps of Europe and Southwest Asia were redrawn, with several independent nations restored or created. The League of Nations was formed with the aim of preventing any repetition of such an appalling conflict. This aim, however, failed with weakened states, renewed European nationalism and the German feeling of humiliation contributing to the rise of fascism. All of these conditions eventually led to World War II.
seehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War

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