The abrupt break-up of Europe’s land empires and the inability of successor states to settle territorial disputes triggered post-war violence in which well over four million lost their lives Nearly 100 years ago, the Great War ended with the defeat of the Central...
Latvian independence was proclaimed on November 18, 1918, but its real advent came only in 1920 after the cessation of hostilities between pro- and anti-Bolshevik forces and the withdrawal of all foreign armies from Latvian territory. The peace treaty signed with...
