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Countries of Europe - 1914 - with labels: Image title: Labeled and coloured Map of Europe as it was in mid-1914, prior to the outbreak of World War 1. Every country has an ID which is its ISO3166-1-Alpha-3 code in lower case.
Blank map of Europe 1914.svg: German Empire. Province of Pomerania Austria-Hungary derivative work by TRAJAN 117 French Third Republic derivative work by Sémhur Grand Duchy/Principality of Finland derivative work by TRAJAN 117 Kingdom of Italy derivative work by WindEwriX Kingdom of Bulgaria derivative work by TRAJAN 117
Blank map of Europe 1914.svg: German Empire. Province of Pomerania Austria-Hungary derivative work by TRAJAN 117 French Third Republic derivative work by Sémhur Grand Duchy/Principality of Finland derivative work by TRAJAN 117 Kingdom of Italy derivative work by WindEwriX Kingdom of Bulgaria derivative work by TRAJAN 117
German invasion of Belgium (1914) [19] to outflank the French army. Rape of Belgium. Politics: Britain protests against the violation of Belgian neutrality, guaranteed by the Treaty of London (1839), The German Chancellor replies that the treaty is just a chiffon de papier (a scrap of paper).
Moeller, Robert G. German Peasants and Agrarian Politics, 1914–1924: The Rhineland and Westphalia (1986). online edition Archived 2016-03-09 at the Wayback Machine; Offer, Avner. The First World War: An Agrarian Interpretation (1991), on food supply of Britain and Germany; Osborne, Eric. Britain's Economic Blockade of Germany, 1914-1919 (2004)
Translated in English from French SVG Map_Europe_alliances_1914-fr.svg: Author: historicair (French original) Fluteflute & User:Bibi Saint-Pol (English translation) Other versions: Derivative works of this file: Map Europe alliances 1914-he.svg
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."
World War I – major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. It involved all the world's great powers , [ 1 ] which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (centred on the Triple Entente of Britain , France and Russia ) and the Central Powers (originally centred on the Triple Alliance of ...