-John McCrae, Lieutenant of the European War The ending half of the ninteenth century was a pivotal point for European history. Nationalism and militarism were on the rise throughout the continent. Nations from across the area were doing things of (at best) questionable morality, to prove they were stronger and more powerful than the rest of the world. The Germans developed their Kulturkampf, destined to destroy the Polish and Catholic identities. The British spread across the globe, painting one quarter of the map pink. The French and Belgians developed their colonies in Africa, brutally holding the native inhabitants as slaves. Rather than point out to a single winner, these tactics only increased resentment across the world. Eventually, webs of alliances formed, leading most people to b