MMW 15 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Central Powers, Archduke Franz Ferdinand Of Austria, Austria-Hungary
6 May 2019
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After the period of intense globalization and the creation of empires in the late 19th c. , what would have been a provincial war turned into a global one. Majority of the world was drawn into the conflict. Referred to as the great war in its own time. No precedence for the scale of warfare until this time. Encompassed much of the globe, esp europe, the middle east, and africa. Origins of the most deadly global influenza pandemic. Kills more people than the war itself (10 millions) All the strains of the flu that we have today actually come from this strain. Women get the right to vote in many areas all over the world directly after the war. Contributes to the rise of america as a global power. Very dangerous and this was pretty universally recognized. Britain went from being the world"s premier power to second place to. Germany becomes the top industrial power and creates a navy to rival.
