Franz Joseph’s death was felt as a tragedy by his contemporaries.

The military casualties of the war numbered 10 million dead and 21 million wounded.

The victors invoked the principle of “national self-determination”, but their decisions bore no trace of this.

After World War I the United States took over the leading role in world politics from Europe.

The continent’s victors and vanquished alike faced similar problems: everyday life was overshadowed by social unrest and economic hopelessness.

In three devastating waves, the pandemic killed over twenty million people: more than twice the number of soldiers killed in the war.

The organisation founded at President Wilson’s initiative was the first attempt at peaceful resolution of the world’s conflicts.

Violence and intimidation were from the very start the essence of communist dictatorships.

Attempts at transforming European societies and the threat of a communist world revolution posed a serious challenge to European states.

“Divide and rule!” The victors redrew the world map in a way that would possibly perpetuate ethnic and religious conflicts.

The dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy plunged the Kingdom of Hungary into its deepest crisis since the Ottoman occupation.