“ In wiping out so many lives which would have been operative on the years that followed, in destroying beliefs, changing ideas, and leaving incurable wounds of disillusion, it created a physical as well as psychological gulf between two epochs. ”
इतिहासकार बारबरा टकमन असे म्हणाल्या: “१९१४ - १८ चे महायुद्ध एका दरीप्रमाणे आहे ज्याने त्या काळाला आपल्या काळापासून विभक्‍त केले आहे.