Category: European history

Europe 1906

Tangier Crisis

Germany viewed the Entente Cordiale as a...

Europe 1908

Bosnian Crisis

In October 1908, a new round in the...

Europe 1911

Agadir Crisis

In 1911, France sent troops to suppress a...

Europe 1912

Italo-Turkish War

In October 1911 Italy invaded the Ottoman...

Europe 1913

First Balkan War

Seeing how weak the Ottoman Empire was in its...

Europe 1913

Second Balkan War

Bulgaria had gained much territory in the war...

Europe 1913

Aftermath of the Balkan Wars

At the Treaty of Bucharest, Bulgaria ceded...

Europe 1914

Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

Serbia’s sudden expansion in the Balkan...

Europe 1914

Outbreak of the Great War

On July 28, Austria-Hungary attacked Serbia,...

Europe 1914

Great Retreat

The first weeks of WWI saw a confusing array...

Europe 1914

Stalemate on the Western Front

By mid-September, Germany had been stopped in...

Europe 1915

Gallipoli Campaign

The Ottoman Turks had entered the War on the...

Europe 1915

Central Power Breakthrough in the East

Italy joined the Allies in May, but the rest...

Europe 1916

Battle of Verdun

In February 1916, the Germans launched an...

Europe 1916

Somme and Brusilov Offensives

With Verdun still raging, British and French...