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This is a thought I've had on the Great War; feel free to use it if you like. While the war itself was dull from a military standpoint, it was of immense political importance. World War I was a huge factor in the Russian Revolution, which, of course, led to Soviet Communism. Further, the conditions that Germany was left in after World War I were a key factor in the ride to power of Hitler and Nazism. (I think that there probably would have been some kind of Russian Revolution without World War I, though the results might have been radically different. I doubt Hitler could have risen to power if Germany wasn't left in abysmal shape after the war.) I'd argue that the two great international conflicts of the 20th Century were World War II and the Cold War. Nazi Germany was a key player in World War II (Japan gets "credit" too, of course), and Soviet Russia was, similarly, a key player in the Cold War. Thus, the two great conflicts of the 20th Century were largely defined by nations that, arguably, would not have existed if not for World War I. I realize this is pretty simplistic, but I'm sure you could expand on it. [[User:ArthurA|ArthurA]] 11:04, 25 March 2009 (EDT)
This is a thought I've had on the Great War; feel free to use it if you like. While the war itself was dull from a military standpoint, it was of immense political importance. World War I was a huge factor in the Russian Revolution, which, of course, led to Soviet Communism. Further, the conditions that Germany was left in after World War I were a key factor in the ride to power of Hitler and Nazism. (I think that there probably would have been some kind of Russian Revolution without World War I, though the results might have been radically different. I doubt Hitler could have risen to power if Germany wasn't left in abysmal shape after the war.) I'd argue that the two great international conflicts of the 20th Century were World War II and the Cold War. Nazi Germany was a key player in World War II (Japan gets "credit" too, of course), and Soviet Russia was, similarly, a key player in the Cold War. Thus, the two great conflicts of the 20th Century were largely defined by nations that, arguably, would not have existed if not for World War I. I realize this is pretty simplistic, but I'm sure you could expand on it. [[User:ArthurA|ArthurA]] 11:04, 25 March 2009 (EDT)
== Time Line ==
I'm a little bit irritated by the time line. You write ''England attempted to hide and conceal the secrets of its industrial revolution from continental Europe, but the revolution spread anyway. The first European nation to follow England was Belgium in 1807, then France in 1848, and then Germany in 1870. ''
How do you get these precise dates for the beginning of the industrial revolution in the different nations? The one for Germany seems to be wrong: for instance, the steel foundry of the Krupps was founded in 1810.
Could you share your sources?
The Red Cross was established in 1863. I'm under the impression that the great [[Clara Barton]] started to organize the American chapter in the 1870th, that is, after (and under the impression of) the Civil War.
[[User:ClementB|Clement ♗]] 11:10, 27 March 2009 (EDT)