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World War I is frequently depicted as a pointless war in e.g. the UK and France because of the massive number of deaths in trench warfare for just a few meters
by OfSanguineFire 3y ago
World War I is frequently depicted as a pointless war in e.g. the UK and France because of the massive number of deaths in trench warfare for just a few meters of ground. However, some Eastern Europe peoples view the war as quite a benefit due to the terms that were imposed on the losers. The modern Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, etc. would not have existed if the Austro-Hungarian Empire hadn’t lost the war.
- codedokode 3y agoWell maybe then Slovaks should have fought for Slovakia independence and not Englishmen or Russians?
- OfSanguineFire 3y agoThey did, tens of thousands of them.[0] There were analogous movements among the other peoples chafing under Austro-Hungarian rule. But these were minority peoples up against a whole empire, and they wouldn’t have won the day if the war hadn’t brought in enough other powers to completely defeat Austro-Hungary. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czechoslovak_Legion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czechoslovak_Legion
- acadapter 3y agoFrom the perspective of Serbia's population, WWI was more of a catastrophe, even though it had a positive political outcome (the disappearance of the Habsburg Empire).