9/3/2023 0 Comments Modern combat 6 nations on warThe Western powers, fatigued by war, yielded to isolationism and appeasement as the Third Reich emerged, triggering World War II and the Holocaust. The Middle East changed with the defeat of Turkey and Britain’s pledge for a Jewish state in Palestine. Russia quit the war as domestic unrest triggered the Bolshevik revolution, rise of Communism and the Cold War. “The war ended when people were able to articulate a vision of the future, an optimism about how things were going to be better with nations working together.” Cull, historian in the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. “World War I is an amazingly important and underappreciated moment in history,” said Nicholas J. ![]() The Great War claimed 40 million lives - but also serves as an unexpected pivot point for modern civilization. One hundred years ago Sunday, the Allies and Germany agreed to an armistice ending World War I. (Photo/Geoffrey Malins via Wikimedia Commons) Soldiers fight in the Battle of the Somme in 1916.
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