….Explosion of Revolution, Rebellion and Armed Conflict Throughout Europe and Elsewhere.
""Even before the ink on the 1918 Armistice was dry, the Great War would spawn literally dozens of new conflicts across Eastern Europe, Eurasia and the Middle East, many of which would continue to claim lives for years."
ON NOV. 11, 1918, the guns along the Western Front finally fell silent; after four years of unremitting bloodshed, the First World War at last was over.
More than 70 million soldiers from 32 countries had taken part in the struggle. All told, the fighting, which spanned three continents and covered the world's oceans, claimed between 50 and 100 million lives.
Few wars up to that point in history had been so bloody, costly or far-reaching politically. Between 1914 and 1918, ancient dynasties were toppled, mighty empires beggared and the international order reshuffled…."
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