first world war What does a world war mean? Nowadays, it could mean an outrageous issue due to the fact that many countries have plenty of lethal weapons which would destroy whole world and clearly, these weaponries would bring us many drawbacks, for instance; economic crisis, social problems or even in the worst case, life´s extinction. This is our view in these days. However what did a great war mean at the beginning of 20th century? Surely, people have many different ways of thinking but the majority of them agree in some facts which represent the meanings of a war and these are: growing or decreasing of an empire´s territory and its power, the size of their own navy, their ego or their country´s pride.