The first world war erupted on August 1st 1914, as Germany and Russia declared war. It destroyed empires (some quickly, some more slowly), created fractious new nation-states, forced America to become a world power and led directly to Soviet communism, the rise of Hitler, the second world war and the Holocaust
“The first calamity of the 20th century, the calamity from which all other calamities sprang”
Germany and Russia declared war on each other on this day in 1914
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世界大戰 world war應該是20世紀的詞。
現在各門學問---各種歷史之分期，常以"WW I" 為分界點， 譬如說，【極端的時代】
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