1914: The Year the World EndedFew years can justly be said to have transformed the earth 1914 did. Few years can justly be said to have transformed the earth 1914 did. In July that year, Germany, Austria Hungary, Russia, Britain and France were poised to plunge the world into a war that would kill or wound 37 million people, tear down the fabric of society, uproot ancient political systems and set the course for the bloodiest century in human history. In the longer run, the events