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Jan 8, 2014 · 8 January 2014. Getty Images. By Stephen Evans. BBC News, Berlin. One hundred years ago, Germany was an industrial powerhouse and its capital Berlin had hopes of becoming a great world city....
Oct 30, 2023 · published on 30 October 2023. Download Full Size Image. A map illustrating the situation in Europe as it teetered on the brink of World War I (1914-18). The political landscape was marked by intricate alliance systems and fierce imperial rivalries among European powers, especially between the British, Russian, and German empires, with ...
See a map of Germany in 1914: since its unification, the country has become the most powerful in Europe - but it is about to enter the First World War.
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Oct 15, 2012 · It has become part of the individual and collective memory of Europe and of countries across the world. In this blog the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin highlight a remarkable piece from its World War One collection: a satirical map of the nations of Europe as seen in 1914.
1914-1918 Europe / 7. Europe during the First World War. The countries involved and the front lines. ... the German army came to a standstill near Paris in September ...
Nov 17, 2021 · Citation. Hirschfeld, Gerhard: Germany (Version 1.2), in: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War, ed. by Ute Daniel, Peter Gatrell, Oliver Janz, Heather Jones, Jennifer Keene, Alan Kramer, and Bill Nasson, issued by Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin 2021-11-17.
2Berlin was the political centre of power of the German Reich and, in the summer of 1914, one of the places which played a crucial role in deciding the future of Europe. The central military authorities were located in the capital and the presence of soldiers was a very noticeable component in the urban panorama.
