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2 days ago · World War I, international conflict that in 1914–18 embroiled most of the nations of Europe along with Russia, the U.S., the Middle East, and other regions. It led to the fall of four great imperial dynasties and, in its destabilization of European society, laid the groundwork for World War II.
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World War II was a conflict that involved virtually every...
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All the initial belligerents in World War I were...
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The Treaty of Versailles was the primary treaty produced by...
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World War I - Last Offensives, Allies Victory: The Second...
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3 days ago · World War I began in the Balkans on July 28, 1914, and hostilities ended on November 11, 1918, leaving 17 million dead and 25 million wounded. Moreover, the Russian Civil War can in many ways be considered a continuation of World War I, as can various other conflicts in the direct aftermath of 1918.
4 days ago · The Outbreak of War: June-August 1914. The immediate cause of World War One was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, on June 28, 1914. The assassin, Gavrilo Princip, was a member of the Black Hand, a Serbian nationalist group that sought to create an independent Slavic state in the Balkans.
The First World War is a seminal historical event; an historical caesura whose aftershocks still resonate. For Eric Hobsbawm, it began the ‘Age of Extremes’ – the start of the ‘short’ twentieth century lasting from 1914 to 1991 in which fascism, communism and liberal democracy clashed for world hegemony. (1) This contest for power ...
2 days ago · Allies of World War I. The Entente, or the Allies, were an international military coalition of countries led by France, the United Kingdom, Russia, the United States, Italy, and Japan against the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria in World War I (1914–1918). By the end of the first decade of the 20th ...
1 day ago · World War I: A Comprehensive Overview World War I, often referred to as the First World War or the Great War, was a global conflict that lasted from 1914 to 1918. It involved most of the world's great powers, including Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, and Japan.
1 day ago · In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period (or interbellum) lasted from 11 November 1918 to 1 September 1939 (20 years, 9 months, 21 days) – from the end of World War I (WWI) to the beginning of World War II (WWII). It was relatively short, yet featured many social, political, military, and economic changes throughout the world.
