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Why Was World War 1 Important

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World War I: the end of Europe's sovereignty in the world.
Introduction to history
World War I (1914-1918) was a real nightmare for the Old Epoch in which most European countries were involved. Two camps were confronted, that of the Central Powers, which consisted of Germany, Austro-Hungary, Italy until 1915 (then went with the other conciliation camp), Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire, against the "Conciliation" (Entente) with members of England, France and Russia (until 1917), and after 1917 the USA, the country that played the most decisive role in the outcome of the Entente war. Additionally Greece, Japan, and Serbia with the smaller but equally critical part in the development of the war were also on the side of the Entente.

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Afterwards, the financial problems of disasters, expense, and loans were so great that many of the European countries involved could hardly cope with these economic problems resulting in political changes some of them through social revolutions. With these revolutions, the old authoritarian regimes in the empires of Germany, Austro-Hungary, Russia and the Ottoman Empire were overthrown, and new states and new political structures were created. In this paper we will briefly outline the consequences of this war that shaped a "new order of things" in accordance with the so-called and aspirations of American President Woodrow …show more content…

The political platform of these ideologies was expressed by the fascist parties whose political-ideological framework of government has evolved in different forms and aspirations in countries such as Germany, Italy, Greece, Spain and Portugal. Of course, in the "left" opposite, the economic difficulties of the war have resulted in the strengthening of the trade union and socialist movement in countries such as Russia, Germany and Hungary, from which political parties emerged (Russia's Bolsheviks Lenin, Germany and the Socialist Party, in Hungary the Kun Communist Party), which played an influential role in the politics of Europe in the 20th century. The October Revolution in Russia (1917) was the biggest social revolution after the French (1789) and politically, socially and economically affected many regions of the world. Significant were the consequences of the First World War and in the context of international relations. In contrast to the 1815 Vienna conference in which the defeated France was involved, the defeated countries Germany and Austro-Hungarian Empire did not participate in Paris in the 1919-1920 period, which the Germans could not accept in any way. In addition, it was the English-French hatred of vengeance against Germany, which was barely taken into account by the 14 points raised

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