Europe and World War I

Europe and the First World War It is a historical age with as many conflicts as resources, but it is difficult to determine the origin of the cause of war and the motive of a great country. Some historians reveal the beginning of comfort and discordance among the great European powers, which eventually brought German unification of 1871 at the end of the French-Prussian War with "Great War" . Since then, there was a period of peace, but during this period the tension continues, sometimes it is even possible to "boil" into war.

Between the two World Wars, new elements were brought to the concept of Central Europe. Prior to the First World War, the German countries (Germany, Austria) were mainly accepted, but the territory other than Germany was the area of ​​penetration and control of Germany - German leadership is the natural course of economic control It is a result. After the war, the eastern part of central Europe was at the center of the concept. At the time, scientists were interested in this idea. The Brussels International History Congress in 1923 was dedicated to Central Europe and the General Assembly in 1933 continued its discussion.

World War I and World War II had a major impact on the political geography of Europe. World War I (1914-1918) issued about 16 million deaths. The central government (German Empire, Austria - Hungarian Empire, led by the Ottoman Empire) fell to the power of the Allies (UK, France, Russian Empire led). By the end of the war, the Austrian-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire collapsed and split into more than 12 independent countries. The border between existing countries such as Poland and Russia has been completely subdivided

1910's: On the eve of the First World War, the Austrian-Hungarian Empire occupied the broad territory of Central Europe. The loss of the empire in the war brought about the division of the empire into independent Austria and the Hungarian Republic. With the establishment of Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, the empire lost most of the dominated territory. Today: With the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s and the collapse of Communism throughout eastern and central Europe, the country and a new international border have emerged. The former Czechoslovakia is divided into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The former Yugoslavia is divided into six countries: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Serbia, Macedonia.