World War One
11 Nov 2018
At the end of World War One, new states were founded as old empires toppled. Old neighbors feuded over new ideologies, resulting in the rise of communism and the drawing of unstable borders. The impact is still being felt a hundred years on.
10 Nov 2018
The changes brought by the end of World War One were perhaps more strongly felt in the Middle East than anywhere else in the world. The resulting arbitrary borders, lack of democratic structures and mistrust of the West meant a peace to end all peace.
10 Nov 2018
The end of World War One changed the world order, as revolutions toppled empires across Europe and new borders were drawn across the world. The losers, forced to pay reparations, faced poverty that created conditions for a second, equally terrible, war.
10 Nov 2018
More than two million Africans, civilians and soldiers alike, were killed in World War One. In Europe and in Africa itself, thousands of Africans were forced into service for their colonial masters. The consequences are still in evidence today.
11 Nov 2017
People across the United Kingdom remember the 99th anniversary of the end of World War One.
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