Post World War 1 Europe Map
Nine months later in january 1918 president wilson articulated fourteen points as the basis for negotiating a peace settlement.
Post world war 1 europe map. 40 maps that explain world war i by zack beauchamp timothy b. Esztergom hungary sturovo slovakia reuters for laszlo petrik an ethnic hungarian living on the slovak side of the river danube the treaty after world war one which led to europe s maps. Map of europe before and after world war 1 what new countries did the treaty of versailles and the treaty of breast litovsk create. Some ethnic and nationalist groups which had long dreamed of nationhood and self government were finally given the opportunity.
The aftermath of world war i saw drastic political cultural economic and social change across eurasia africa and even in areas outside those that were directly involved four empires collapsed due to the war old countries were abolished new ones were formed boundaries were redrawn international organizations were established and many new and old ideologies took a firm hold in people s minds. These empires do seem to encroach on existing countries. What is different is that there a number of empires also on the map. On july 28th 1914 austria hungary declared war on serbia starting a slaughter that.
As you can see there are some countries that have remained relatively the same. Here we have a map of europe before the break out of ww1. The map of post war europe was radically redrawn. Right click on a country to remove its color or hide it.
The current map will be cleared of all data. Norway sweden portugal spain france switzerland belgium netherlands and italy to name a few. International aug 2nd 2014 edition. Learn what the political map of europe looked like in 1914 when world war i started in this historical map quiz world war i began in 1914 and transformed the boundaries of europe.
In some ways the map was easier to read because many of the countries that we now know were part of larger empires that no longer exist. Before world war 1 after world war 1. While you may be familiar with many of the countries in the west identifying the old. In fact many of them stopped existing because of that war.
Powered by create your own unique website with customizable templates. How the first world war reshaped europe redrawing the map. Close europe world war 1 summer of 1914 step 1 single selection select the color you want and click on any country on the map. 11 1918 the victorious allies redrew the maps of europe africa asia and the middle east to replace these fallen empires.
A few examples are the austro hungarian empire has at this stage swallowed croatia slovakia and the. Change the color for all countries in a group by clicking on it. Aug 2nd 2014. Lee and matthew yglesias on august 4 2014 one hundred years ago today on august 4 1914 german troops began pouring over the.
Borders were redefined and new countries formed carved from the russian and austro hungarian empires. Europe map before world war 1. Europe 1914 map quiz game.