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2 days ago · Instead, it would drag all of Europe into a devastating war that would last for more than four years and claim millions of lives. [^5] In conclusion, Austria-Hungary‘s fateful decision to issue an ultimatum to Serbia in July 1914 was the spark that ignited the powder keg of Europe and plunged the continent into World War I.
3 days ago · World War I, an international conflict that in 1914–18 embroiled most of the nations of Europe along with Russia, the United States, the Middle East, and other regions. The war pitted the Central Powers —mainly Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey —against the Allies—mainly France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan, and, from 1917 ...
May 19, 2024 · Budapest, city, capital of Hungary, and seat of Pest megye (county). The city is the political, administrative, industrial, and commercial centre of Hungary. The site has been continuously settled since prehistoric times and is now the home of about one-fifth of the country’s population. Area city, 203 square miles (525 square km).
- László Péter
May 17, 2024 · Czechoslovakia was formed from several provinces of the collapsing empire of Austria-Hungary in 1918, at the end of World War I. In the interwar period it became the most prosperous and politically stable state in eastern Europe.
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May 17, 2024 · The major alliances were the Triple Entente, comprising France, Russia, and the United Kingdom, and the Triple Alliance, consisting of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. The immediate catalyst for the war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary by a Serbian nationalist in June 1914.
May 15, 2024 · The war pitted the Central Powers—mainly Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey—against the Allies—mainly France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan, and, from 1917, the United States. It ended with the defeat of the Central Powers.
4 days ago · The Eastern Front or Eastern Theater of World War I ( German: Ostfront; Romanian: Frontul de răsărit; Russian: Восточный фронт, romanized : Vostochny front) was a theater of operations that encompassed at its greatest extent the entire frontier between Russia and Romania on one side and Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, the Ottoman ...
