The correct answer is A) They were confident and believed the war would end quickly.
The view of many European soldiers as the fighting began in World War I was "They were confident and believed the war would end quickly."
But that was not the case. Worl War 1 started in 1914 after Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated. The Central Powers Fight the Triple Entente. The Central Powers was the alliance formed by Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria. The Triple Entente was the alliance formed by France, Great Britain, and Russia. It was a bloody war that ended until 1918, killing millions of soldiers and civilians.
George Orwell's Animal Farm is largely based on Leon Trotsky and describes how he led the opposition against Joseph Stalin and also includes elements of Vladimir Lenin. It takes place on a farm in England during an undisclosed time. However, the events of the novel are satirical of communist Russia