The car depicted is the 1910 Gräf & Stift Double Phaeton. You could say that the start of World War 1 happened in this car. With a wrong turn from the driver and the car being stuck, it was a perfect window for the assassin Gavrilo Princip to make his move. When the job was done, and Franz Ferdinand was killed, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Due to that, to support Austria-Hungary, Germany joined in, To support Serbia in their tough times, Russia, England, France, and later, the United States of America came with their military power thus sparking the 4 year war that would cost the lives of ~21 million people.
The men of the world were the ones who went to war. But, back then, most of the workers in factories consisted of men. So how were things maintained? The woman of the world stood up and completed the jobs that men would do. By 1917, around 175,000 women were employed by a German company that had a routine of hiring nearly no women in their workforce (Woman in WW1). Also, in "July 1914, 3.3 million women worked in paid employment in Britain. By July 1917, 4.7 million" (Woman in WW1). This is a significant part of WW1 because it shows how countries maintained their ways back home while blood was being spilled.
The Treaty of Versailles is extremely important in history because it signifies the end of World War 1. The war that lasted 4 years, killed roughly 21 million people, and cost around 32 billion US dollars worldwide, people were relieved to see it end. Although this meant peace for many, Germany was negatively affected by this. The treaty forced Germany to shell out 5 billion dollars, to greatly reduce their army size, and give up land Germany stole and owned. For example, Alsace-Lorraine was given back to France. Also, these punishments propelled the extreme, radical ideals of Adolf Hitler and would use this as a reason to condemn the leaders of Germany, and eventually to rise to power, which would spark the start of World War Two.
This is a very important part of history. At this point in the world, nothing as big as World War 1 has happened. This is a primary source of the initial reactions of the war starting. This issue, written by The Toronto Daily Star was written and published the day war was declared. The world was still trying to discover and comprehend everything that had just happened. The tone of all the articles that were related to WW1 in this issue clearly had a sense of emergency and panic; which is what most people were feeling at the time.
The League of Nations is depicted in the photo above. This can be best compared to today's United Nations; but it didn't work very well. The League of Nations was inspired by Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points speech that listed ways to solve and end the war. A major flaw of the League of Nations is they strongly supported disarmament but they had no power to enforce it. Because of this, when Adolf Hitler rose to power, he ignored the punishments and the League of Nations couldn't condemn him. Due to this, Adolf Hitler was able to rebuild the strong German Army, and start WW2 which would cost the lives of ~75 million people. The League of Nations was ultimately shut down on April 20th 1946.
Work Cited: “Women in WWI.” National WWI Museum and Memorial, 3 Jan. 2020,