World War I
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| '''World War I''', also known as '''WWI''', the '''First World War''', the '''Great War''', and "'''The War To End All Wars'''," was a [[global]] [[war|military conflict]] which took place primarily in Europe between [[1914]] and [[1918]]. More than nine million soldiers died and millions of civilians perished. The conflict had a decisive impact on the history of the 20th century. | '''World War I''', also known as '''WWI''', the '''First World War''', the '''Great War''', and "'''The War To End All Wars'''," was a [[global]] [[war|military conflict]] which took place primarily in Europe between [[1914]] and [[1918]]. More than nine million soldiers died and millions of civilians perished. The conflict had a decisive impact on the history of the 20th century. | ||
| - | ===Subcultures during World War I=== | ||
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| - | Hairstyles at the beginning of the century were not strict unless you were in a religious order or other controlled circumstances (the [[military]] or [[prison]] etc.). Both men and women regarded long hair as [[normal]]. Men and women had, after all, always had long hair, since prehistory. | ||
| - | After the [[First World War]] (1914-18) attitudes changed: the wartime trenches were infested with lice and fleas, so soldiers were forced to shave thir heads. Consequently, men with short hair appeared to have been at the [[front (military)|front]] in the war, while men with long hair might be thought of as [[pacifist]]s and cowards, even suspected of desertion. | ||
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| - | Some artists managed to avoid the war by sitting it out in [[Neutral country|neutral]] [[Switzerland]]. A group of artists in [[Zürich]] invented [[Dada]]ism as an [[anti-war]], [[anti-art]], [[art movement]] and a [[parody]] of the [[Glorification of violence|pro-violent attitudes]] of [[Futurism]]. These artists became political activists in an [[underground resistance|underground]] [[anarchism|anarchical]] attempt to change the course of [[self-destruction]]. | ||
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World War I, also known as WWI, the First World War, the Great War, and "The War To End All Wars," was a global military conflict which took place primarily in Europe between 1914 and 1918. More than nine million soldiers died and millions of civilians perished. The conflict had a decisive impact on the history of the 20th century.
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