He was very controversial during World War I

George Bernard Shaw has been active in politics for most of his life and frequently uses his platform and position to make a point about politics and injustices. However, his stance on the First World War was met with much criticism and was considered fiercely controversial, one of the interesting facts about George Bernard Shaw.

Shaw ceased composing plays when the war started and instead released a pamphlet titled "Common Sense about the War." He made the case in the pamphlet that both Germany and the Allies were equally to blame for the conflict and that more needed to be done to bring it to a peaceful conclusion. At meetings and rallies, he often advocated against the war.

Shaw had a false reputation, but the British government recognized his prowess in propaganda, and in early 1917 he was asked by Field Marshal Haig to see the Western Front battlefields. Shaw's 10,000-word report, which focused on the soldier's human qualities, was favorably received, and he was no longer the only one speaking out. He endorsed the sentiment that America's involvement in the war was "first-class moral property for the common cause against socialism" in April 1917, joining the national consensus that supported it.

Shaw's three short plays saw their world premieres during the conflict. When The Inca of Per Jerusalem, written in 1915, was staged in Birmingham Repertory Theatre in 1916, censors objected to it for making life tough for both the British military command and the enemy. In 1917, O'Flaherty VC, a parody of the British government's treatment of Irish recruits, was published at a Royal Flying Corps installation in Belgium after being outlawed in Britain. A licensed youth farce called Augustus Does His Bit debuted at the Royal Court in January 1917.