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...
The greatest and most destructive war that mankind went through for four years (1914-1918) was followed by the largest peace conference in history. Powers great and small had to find a way to prevent such a conflict from happening in the future. The First World War...
Even though Romanian economy suffered during the occupation period (1917-1918), for a better exploitation of Romanian resources, the German military administration had to bring back into operation a series of industrial enterprises, such as oil wells, railway...
The young captain Erwin Rommel was also involved in the attack on Focșani, commanding a detachment of the Wurttemberg Mountain Battalion. His actions are described in a book published in 1937, “Infanterie greif an” (The infantry attacks). However, there is one thing...