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World War I broke out a month later, with a toll of 9 million military deaths and 5 million civilian deaths, those mostly due to starvation, displacement, and disease. This does not include the millions lost to genocides committed by the Otttoman Empire (Turkey) and Russia during the war.
World War I also set the stage for the second world war, which cost 100 million lives.
#history
aJammer
All those deaths and still the planet's population surged from 1.6B in 1900 to 2.5B by 1951. And now we're at 8B.
danlei
Aaand that's why I try to avoid taking op-eds as facts/news.
Muunk
wrong⁹
kanemano
wishful thinking is dangerous
Jovelana
I have a feeling that somebody felt a tiny bit silly after writing this article.
galapas
Fast forward to Chamberlain and his letter… ‘Peace for our time’
bippityboppitybuttsex
aka, 'Nice Doggy...' while he went back home and started cranking out Spitfires.
friendsofsandwiches
So refresh my memory, WHY did they specifically go to war? Was it because of this slight, or was this just an excuse?
bippityboppitybuttsex
Black Hand kills the duke, Austria goes after Serbia; Serbia is a Russian ally and Russia is a French ally. The UK goes in to protect Belg
Promethianfire
Check out Barbara Tuckman's "The Guns of August" or listen to Dan Carlin's excellent podcast "Blueprint for Armageddon."
mangonel
Trap of Thucydides
Problemwoodchuck
Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia because of the assassination which drew the major powers into war due to a series of alliances.
aJammer
It was the collapse of dozens of European peace treaties that all started with Ferdinand's assassination.
Erdanya
Loads of existing strained relations and military alliances. France, UK, Germany and Austria-Hungary been at war for ages before.>
Erdanya
>But this time there's the invention of smokeless powder, which led to automatic weapons, powerful artillery and heavy industry to supply it
superbob201
In a room full of people point guns at each other, his death was the cat pushing something off a shelf.
Promethianfire
That's a great metaphor.
Volpe42
What set the stage for WWII was what happened after the first war. Punishing the German state in a way that it directly effected the people.
Promethianfire
It also gave Japan a lot of former German-controled islands in the Pacific
Volpe42
And oddly enough Germany was ok playing ball with them the second go
Promethianfire
Common enemies and common interests.
Volpe42
The man in the high castle is probably a good take on how things would be between them had they won