by Ana Maria Schiopu | Feb 15, 2019 | Czechoslovakia
In Europe, the 20th century began with the apocalyptic finale of the age of the continent’s last authoritarian empires. By the time the smoke of the First World War had cleared, the Russian czars, the German kaisers, and the Austrian emperors had been swept into the... by Ana Maria Schiopu | Feb 14, 2019 | Czechoslovakia
On October 30, when the Czech Republic declared itself independent, a military unit of former soldiers and Austrian-Hungarian officers was formed in Prague, whose main purpose was to organize and leave immediately for Transylvania to help the new Romanian authorities... by Ana Maria Schiopu | Feb 13, 2019 | Austria, Hungary, World War I in 1918
The First World War ended with the break-up of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Dual Monarchy came out of the conflict it has caused split in half, with its two constituent parts permanently separated. Moreover, these territories themselves were in turn broken up,... by Ana Maria Schiopu | Feb 12, 2019 | Czechoslovakia
One of the great surprises and changes on the map of Europe, with the end of the First World War, was the independence of Czechoslovakia. On October 28, 1918, the Czechs and Slovaks created Czechoslovakia, taking advantage of the break-up of the Austro-Hungarian... by Ciprian Stoleru | Feb 7, 2019 | World War I in 1918
The rapid advance of the Central Powers to Moldavia forced the Russian Empire out of its lethargy and it started to come more and more vigorously to the aid of the beleaguered Romanian troops. The outcome of the Battle of Bucharest forced the Romanian army to withdraw...