I'm have trouble finding good sources, and I know a little, but I want to know if there is a site that has the 'during the war' conditions. Not just war but the people in the world in general.
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A century ago, millions of young men left the security of their homes and went off to war. They went eagerly, swept along by a wave of patriotism. At the time, people termed it the “Great War.” It was decidedly great in terms of casualties.
Many statesmen promised that the war would open the way to a new and better world.
American President at that time, Woodrow Wilson said, the war would “make the world safe for democracy.”
On November 11, 1918, World War I came to an end. The postwar years were also marked by hunger and economic misery. Much of Europe was starving when the hostilities ended in 1918. However one thing snowballed into another.
When the war ended, here in the US there was dancing in the streets, even though most were poor and many lives had been lost. But the dancing did not last long.
A deadly plague known as the Spanish flu had invaded the battlefields of France in June 1918. And the flu quickly spread worldwide as it accompanied the troops who returned to their homelands when the war ended.
Some have said this was in fulfillment of Bible prophecy. Jesus Christ foretold a time when ‘nation would rise against nation’ and food shortages and pestilences would sweep through the earth. (Matthew 24:3, 7; Luke 21:10, 11) He told his disciples that such calamities would form a sign of the last days. Clearly, the first world war triggered a time of affliction that has not stop.
World War I was indeed a turning point in history. It brought about an age of total war, sparking revolutions and mistrust of human leaders.
Here's a question to ask ourselves, how are we today affected, politically,economically, and socially? You can find answers to this @ www.jw.org
You can't just assume that everybody knows what you are talking about. That question depends first on what country you are in.
Second, you are not going to get a straight answer without a lot of digging through old books and records. For example you can get a vastly different viewpoint from the studies of an economist named Howard Katz because he studied actual historical records instead of the pronouncements of the bankers and politicians. His essays are scattered around the internet. Here are two collections:
www.shtfplan.com/category/howard-katz
www.gold-eagle.com/authors/howard-s-katz