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The aftermath of World War I saw far-reaching and wide-ranging cultural, economic, and social change across Europe, Asia, Africa, and even in areas outside those that were directly involved. Four empires collapsed due to the war, old countries were abolished, new ones were formed, boundaries were redrawn, international organizations were ...
The conflict and its divisive peace left a legacy that helped give rise to totalitarian ideologies, like Communism, Fascism, and Nazism, and paved the way for World War II and the Holocaust. Explore some key dates.
Here are 10 facts that tell the story of the aftermath of World War One. As a massive, total war the conflict affected millions of lives, and shaped the future in profound ways.
By August 4, 1914, all the major powers of Europe were at war. The remarkable fact is that few of the powers that entered the war really understood what form it would take. The prevailing thought was that the conflict might be resolved by a few large set-piece battles and be "over by Christmas."
The year 1914 witnessed not only the outbreak of World War I but also such very different events as the publication of James Joyce’s short stories Dubliners, André Gide’s novel Les Caves du Vatican, and D.H. Lawrence’s story The Prussian Officer.
The trauma of WWI would profoundly shape the attitudes and actions of leaders and ordinary people during the Holocaust. Learn more about the aftermath of the conflict.
During World War I, Woodrow Wilson set forth a vision for a new global future of democratic self-determination. The United States had controlled the Philippines since the Spanish-American War. After World War I, the U.S. legislature held joint hearings on a possible Philippine independence.
The Treaty of Versailles was signed in 1919 and set harsh terms for Germany’s surrender to Allied powers after World War I, setting the stage for World War II.
In January 1919, two months after the fighting in World War I ceased, a conference was convened at Versailles, the former country estate of the French monarchy outside Paris, to work out the...
After November 1914, on the main battle lines of the Western Front, there was absolutely no movement for four years. Because the war is not easily portrayed as a dramatic event, it appears to many people as not all that important. But it was immensely significant and the precursor to WWII and many other events.