Europe Since 1914, Volume 1: Encyclopedia of the Age War & by Jay Winter, John M. Merriman

By Jay Winter, John M. Merriman

The tumultuous fresh century of Europe's background is traced during this five-volume set, which selections up the tale started in its spouse set, Europe 1789-1914.

Profiling the age of struggle and reconstruction, Europe when you consider that 1914 information eu background from the Bolshevik Revolution to the eu Union, linking it to the historical past of the remainder of the area. Many variations within the ecu tale are lined during this simply obtainable selection of approximately 675 illustrations and 920 articles: Europe sundered by way of warfare and genocide, Europe reconfigured after global struggle II and the chilly warfare, and Europe creating a new position for itself at the global level. Written by way of approximately 500 top specialists from universities around the world, the set successfully covers a vast scope, encompassing the period's medical and financial, social and cultural, political and armed forces advancements. clients will locate in it the main proof in regards to the interval, transparent motives of the most strains of scholarly interpretation and assistance via scholarly controversies. Sidebars upload curiosity and rationalization, a chronology and thematic define supply concise context that builds significant connections, and article particular bibliographies provide suggestions for additional studying. every one quantity additionally contains an 8-page colour insert and a finished index that permits easy access to focus on information.

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80 km GREECE 1 9 1 4 xxxvii MAPS OF EUROPE SINCE 1914 Enlargement of the European Union N Member States in 1952 Joined in 1973 Joined in 1981 Joined in 1986 Joined in 1990 Joined in 1995 Joined in 2004 Joining in 2007 Applicant countries ICELAND 0 0 200 200 400 mi. 400 km FINLAND NORWAY SWEDEN IRELAND ESTONIA lti c North Sea LATVIA Ba OCEAN Sea ATLANTIC DENMARK LITH. RUSSIA UNITED KINGDOM BELARUS NETH. RUSSIA POLAND GERM ANY GERMANY BELG. FRANCE UKRAINE CZECH REP. LUX. SLOVAKIA AUSTRIA SWITZ. MOLDOVA HUNGARY ROMANIA ROM ANIA SLOVENIA CROATIA IT SERB.

Brussels BELG. AT L A N T I C OCEAN Moscow al DENMARK UNITED KINGDOM London tic SWEDEN North Sea Paris LUX. Bonn EAST GERMANY POLAND Prague CZ E C WEST HOSLOVAKIA GERMANY Vienna Bern FRANCE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS Warsaw AUSTRIA SWITZ. Budapest HUNGARY ROMANIA Belgrade Bucharest YUGOSLAVIA ITALY PORTUGAL Lisbon BULGARI BULGARIA Black Sea Sofia Madrid Rome Tiranë ALBANIA SPAIN Ankara GREECE TURKEY Athens Mediterranean Sea Post 1945 Europe Communist nations Non-Communist nations E U R O P E S I N C E Iron Curtain Capital 1 9 1 4 xxxv MAPS OF EUROPE SINCE 1914 Dalstroi Leningrad Kargopollag Arkhangelsk Rechlag Vorkutlag Salekhrad Minlag Magadan Norillag Gorlag Igarka Moscow Vyatlag Perm Siblag Novosibirsk Vladivostok Steplag Dzhezkazgan N The Gulag at Its Zenith 0 0 xxxvi 400 400 International border Gulag camp City 800 mi.

S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters S I N C E 1 9 1 4 DATE 1939 Germany invades Norway, Denmark, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, France; evacuation at Dunkirk; Battle of Britain; Italy invades Greece Indochina War, 1940–1941 1940 Germany invades Greece, Yugoslavia, USSR; ‘‘Final Solution’’ increasingly implemented and systematized in East Europe; Yugoslav resistance strong under communist Tito; US enters war Syria conquered by Allies; French mandate terminated 1941 Wannsee conference; Allied invasion of North Africa; German occupation of Vichy France; Battle of Stalingrad, 1942–1943 Vichy France loses control of all African possessions 1942 liii CHRONOLOGY DATE 1943 POLITICS AND DIPLOMACY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ECONOMY AND SOCIETY Tehran conference; Mussolini’s Italian Social Republic founded in Salo` Swiss Albert Hoffman creates LSD France: Service du travail obligatoire instated German Wernher von Braun develops V-2 rocket; Dutchman Willem Kolff develops kidney machine Bretton Woods Agreement; Unione Donne Italiane founded; Sweden: homosexuality decriminalized Briton Arthur C.

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