The rest of the world saw some change, too, but not much for the better. In Africa, Britain took Germany's colonies, and even though Indians fought and died in a higher percentage than Americans in World War I, India didn't gain any real autonomy. All these terrible outcomes led to a general sense of disappointment in literary circles. And this feeling of pointlessness and cynicism was expressed by the writers of The Lost Generation. It was a war full of loss. Millions of people were lost. Traditional ideas of war's nobility and heroism were lost as well.