The First World War, also known as the Great War or the Unnecessary War, was a war that should have only been fought but which went on for much longer time. On June 28, 1914, a Serbian nationalist named Gevrilo Princip assassinated Ferdinand, the Archduke of Austria, in Sarajevo. A month later Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. The war divided Europe into two armed camps on one side was the triple alliance which was Germany, Austria and Italy and the enemies were France, Russia and Great Britain. As other countries began to join, one side became known as the Central Powers and Allied Forces. During World War I, many soldiers turned to writing poetry as a way to express their feelings about the war. One phenomenon observed during World War I was the harmful psychological effects on soldiers, known as shell shock. I will write about the story as an effect of shell shock, how shell shock is achieved and how it can be cured. The intensity of battle fought along the war fronts often eventually caused neurotic cracks to appear in otherwise stable soldiers. During the war 20,000 men still suffered from shell shock and thousands more showed symptoms. The term shell shock was coined in 1917 by a medical officer named Charles Myers. It was also known as war “neurosis,” “combat stress,” and post-traumatic stress disorder. Shell shock was initially thought to be caused by soldiers' exposure to deployment shells. According to the British broadcasting companies (BBC.CO.UK) in 1916 over 40% of casualties in the combat zone were victims of this condition. Symptoms of shell shock vary widely in intensity, from panic attacks sometimes causing men to flee the battlefield. So... middle of paper... trauma. Many doctors address this problem with talk therapy and antidepressant pills. The War to End All Wars, also known as World War I, was a war that had a profound impact on the United States and its soldiers; it was a war fought for no apparent reason. The soldiers were deceived into believing that the war would only last a year when in reality it lasted much longer. Soldiers like Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon turned to poems to express problems during the war. One phenomenon observed during World War I was the harmful psychological effects on soldiers, known as shell shock. Shell shock affects a person's mood. Professor, this is my essay. I had a dentist appointment that I couldn't miss. This is not my best work and I know I can do much better. I would also like to know if you could tell me what you did in class today .