Major Wars and Conflicts in Continental Europe: WW1 to the Present by

World War 1 (1914-1918)

williamjakob2 — 2024-12-12 22:52:01 UTC

Central powers vs. Allied powers; global involvment, alliance system, trench warfare, chemical warfare

Result: Collapse of empires; (Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman, Russian, and German)

williamjakob2 — 2024-12-12 22:58:22 UTC

Red Army (Bolsheviks) vs. White Army (monarchists, conservatists); October Revolution, rise of communism

Result: Establishment of Soviet Union

williamjakob2 — 2024-12-12 23:00:37 UTC

Nationalists (Fascists) vs. Republicans (left leaning)- dress rehearsal for WW2

Result: Fascist regime in Spain under Franco until his death in 1975

williamjakob2 — 2024-12-12 23:05:57 UTC

Axis powers vs. Allied powers; global involment, Holocaust, 60 million deaths, atomic bombings

Result: Emergence of new global superpowers

williamjakob2 — 2024-12-12 23:11:30 UTC

Eastern vs. Western bloc; proxy wars, arms race, space race

Result: Dissolution of USSR

williamjakob2 — 2024-12-12 23:14:33 UTC

Ethnic based conflicts and wars for independence;

Significance:

Genocide and war crimes
NATO intervention in 1985 against Bosnian Serbs, and in 1999 against Serbian forces. Helped end conflict.

Result: Break up of Yugoslavia into independent nations; Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, and North Macedonia

williamjakob2 — 2024-12-12 23:18:39 UTC

Consequences:

Sanctions imposed on Russia by Western countries
increased NATO presence in Eastern Europe and heightened tension between Russia and the West