We are still living in the literal borders drawn during this era. The collapse of the Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian, German, and Russian empires didn't just end a war; it created the modern Middle East and Eastern Europe. Every time you read about geopolitical tension in the Balkans or the Levant, you are reading a "sequel" to 1918. 3. The Laboratory of Modernity
Historians often call the period from 1914 to 1945 the "Second Thirty Years War." You can't view the First World War as an isolated event; it was the prologue. The Treaty of Versailles—meant to ensure peace—created the economic and psychological vacuum that allowed for the rise of the Second World War. Making History The First World War
The pressure of total war forced a century’s worth of innovation into four years. We are still living in the literal borders
With millions of men at the front, women entered the workforce in unprecedented numbers, providing the final, undeniable momentum for the Suffragette movements in the West. 4. The "Long" History The pressure of total war forced a century’s
Tanks, tactical aircraft, and submarines went from experimental curiosities to the primary drivers of military strategy.