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World War I involved 32 nations from 1914 to 1919. It redrew the world map and reshaped many borders in Europe. The collapse of the Russian Empire created Poland, the Baltics, and Finland.

This “long First World War” was certainly bloody, and we can and should argue about the destructive effects of nationalism for the history of Europe. But it was hardly pointless. Given that ...

Photographer Peter Macdiarmid collected modern photos from around Europe and overlaid World War I-era images, giving a sense of how much--and how little--has changed since the War to end all Wars.

Europe Before World War I Vs Today. When Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, on June 28, 1914, few could have known it would reverberate ...

100 Years After World War I, Europe Remembers Nov. 11 is the day the guns fell silent at the end of World War I. Across Europe, ceremonies commemorated those who died in wars. Europe.

World War I was the watershed between widespread patriotism and the broken, distrustful attitude towards war we have seen across Europe ever since. Royal Irish Rifles, 1916. Patriotism and glory ...

His son commanded the German army as World War I broke out. In fact, the degree of preparedness of the Great Powers for war in 1914 has as many layers as an onion. Here are four.