![]() A complex series of political and military alliances later and Europe was divided into two, with very few neutral parties Germany, Austria-Hungary and allies such as the Ottoman Empire on the one side, England, France, Italy, Russia and later on America on the other.Īt the time these nations all held colonies on other continents in the world, and these colonies were pulled into the war. ![]() This was a war that erupted when a unpopular prince was assassinated, and encouraged the then Austria-Hungary European power to declare war on the war-weary Serbia. I am of course talking about the First World War. ![]() A war that was directly responsible for its even more tragic successor, and a war that in many ways we’re still paying for today. It was 100 years ago now when the first of two global conflicts would erupt and fundamentally change the future of humanity. ![]()
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