This article covers worldwide diplomacy and, more generally, the international relations of the great powers from 1814 to 1919. This era covers the period from the end of the Napoleonic Wars and the C
Bismarck manipulates the three emperors – Alexander III of Russia, William I of Germany and Francis Joseph of Austria-Hungary – like a ventriloquist's puppets; John Tenniel 1884 PUNCH.
Negotiations at the Congress of Vienna
General Simón Bolívar, (1783–1830), a leader of independence in Latin America
Allied victory at Navarino (1827)
Causes of World War I
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Identifying the causes of World War I remains a debated issue. World War I began in the Balkans on 28 July 1914, and hostilities ended on 11 November 1918, leaving 17 million dead and 25 million wound
Grave implications of the assassination were immediately recognized, as in this 29 June article with subtitles "War Sequel?" and "War May Result", and stating the assassination was "engineered by persons having a more mature organizing ability than that of the youthful assassins".
American cartoon showing territorial dispute between France and Germany over Alsace-Lorraine, 1898
French troops in Morocco, 1912
The Anglo-German naval arms race became a considerable source of tension between Germany and Britain prior to World War I. Royal Navy warships pictured above in battle formation.