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agree.My Great Grandmother came out west when she was a little girl, her wagon train being attacked by Indians as they crossed the plains. She passed away in the 1970's, having seen the Space Shuttle Enterprise make it's test-flight being launched from the back of a 747.
In her lifetime, she saw the age of steam pass to the nuclear age, she saw the birth and rise of powered flight. She witnessed the transition from "horse and buggy" to the automobile. She personally knew Mexican American War vets, Civil War vets and vets of the Spanish American war. She lived through two world wars and two "police actions" and saw the transition of technology that it involved. She not only came from the Frontier of the American West but witnessed the new Frontier of Space, having seen the moon landings.
What an amazing time to be alive!
My Great Grandmother came out west when she was a little girl, her wagon train being attacked by Indians as they crossed the plains. She passed away in the 1970's, having seen the Space Shuttle Enterprise make it's test-flight being launched from the back of a 747.
In her lifetime, she saw the age of steam pass to the nuclear age, she saw the birth and rise of powered flight. She witnessed the transition from "horse and buggy" to the automobile. She personally knew Mexican American War vets, Civil War vets and vets of the Spanish American war. She lived through two world wars and two "police actions" and saw the transition of technology that it involved. She not only came from the Frontier of the American West but witnessed the new Frontier of Space, having seen the moon landings.
What an amazing time to be alive!
Considering the thread was about the relative peace of Europe prior to the world falling apart in flames, not the global situation at the time.People living in western Europe and USA tend to forget we are only a fraction of the worlds population and land area.
1914 to 1918 Europe was no more violent then 1913 China, Balkans and Mexico.