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Description: The representation map shows the world the eve of the First World War. Source: Putzger historical world Atlas; ... File:Map of the World (1914).PNG.
Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. [1] In August 1914, the magazine The Independent wrote "This is the Great War. It names itself". [2] In October 1914, the Canadian magazine Maclean's similarly wrote, "Some wars name themselves. This is the Great War."
1914 1920 1926 1928 1934 1939 1943 1944 1946 1992 2002 Albania: Algeria: 1516 1830 1962 Algeria: Andorra: 1806 1866 1934 1939 1949 1959 1971 Andorra: Angola: 1816 1826 1830 1911 1975 Angola: Antigua and Barbuda: 1957 1958 1962 1967 Antigua and Barbuda: Argentina: 1812 1812 1818 1819 1820 1829 1835 1850 1861 2010 Argentina: Armenia: 1885 1918 ...
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Since World War I, there have been many changes in borders between nations, detailed below. For information on border changes from the end of the Napoleonic Wars to 1914, see the list of national border changes (1815–1914). Cases are only listed where there have been changes in borders, not necessarily including changes in ownership of a ...
The Southern states joined the federal state in 1870/71, which was consequently renamed the German Empire (1871–1918). The state continued as the Weimar Republic (1919–1933). Present-day Germany is a federal republic which combines the States of Germany.
English: Australian War map published between 1914 and 1918 with an emphasis on German possessions in the Pacific (German Samoa) and in China. The map shows the area of influence (British, French, USA, German...), although there are some errors : Wallis and Futuna were under French protectorate and not British ; Niue ("Savage island") was under British rule, not American.
The world's colonial population at the time of the First World War totaled about 560 million people, of whom 70.0% were in British domains, 10.0% in French, 8.6% in Dutch, 3.9% in Japanese, 2.2% in German, 2.1% in American, 1.6% in Portuguese, 1.2% in Belgian, and 0.5% in Italian possessions. The home domains of the colonial powers had a total ...