I watched Er Chuang’s short video, and everything went numb!

[Next, the third contradiction is the contradiction between Russia and Austria. ]

[Russia is Tsarist Russia, and Austria is the Austro-Hungarian Empire. ]

[If you are not familiar with the European history before World War II, you may be unfamiliar with the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Here is a brief introduction. ]

[The sphere of influence of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at that time mainly included the area of ​​today's Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Slovakia. ]

[Its main components are Austria and Hungary, so it is referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire. ]

[This country is very strange. There are two emperors, and the capitals are also Vienna and Budapest. ].

[However, since the Austrian emperor also served as the emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the two emperors still have a primary and secondary distinction. 】

The bullet screen flew out:

"Good fellow, the emperor and the vice emperor, right?"

"Reply--the professional term is called dual monarchy."

"Reply--Austria and Hungary in the Austro-Hungarian Empire still enjoy equal sovereignty. The two countries independently manage legislation, administration, justice, taxation, customs, coinage rights, and have independent armies, but they are also under the supreme command of the Austrian emperor."

"..."

Looking at the subtitles and many bullet screens on the sky, the ancient people of all dynasties were stunned.

Two emperors in one country? ?

How could such a thing happen?

As the saying goes, there is no two suns in the sky, and there is no two kings in a country.

Which emperor can tolerate another emperor in his country?

Not to mention the other emperor, even the so-called "one-word king" only exists in novels, stories, and unofficial history.

Anyone who can threaten the imperial power will be suppressed or even killed directly.

Therefore, it is really hard for ancient people to imagine that there is such a strange country as the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the world.

The plane of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin was also very shocked at first.

Two emperors in one country is really incredible.

From the standpoint of an emperor, he really couldn't understand why the emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire would allow such a thing to happen.

But after he quickly calmed down and thought about it, he had a new view.

This Austro-Hungarian Empire is more like an alliance of two countries than a country.

It is estimated that in order to unite against other countries, it was unified in name.

But Li Shimin felt that this kind of united relationship was not stable and could easily break due to conflicts of interest.

After making such a judgment, Li Shimin no longer cared about this issue, but thought about another thing.

That is, after the Industrial Revolution, the emperor can still exist.

Empires like Hans-Hungary and Austria-Hungary both underwent the Industrial Revolution, but they all had emperors, and they were powerful emperors.

This confirms his idea.

The emperor can control the Industrial Revolution and make the industryRevolution helps the country grow and develop without threatening the imperial power.

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[So, what are the contradictions between Russia and Austria-Hungary? ]

[It is mainly about the competition for interests in the Balkan Peninsula, the powder keg of Europe. I won’t go into details. ]

[So far, the contradictions among the major capitalist countries on the European continent at that time have been basically summarized. ]

[So what did the countries do around the above contradictions? ]

[To sum it up in two words: alliance. ]

[Before the outbreak of World War I, Europe mainly formed two military groups, namely the Triple Alliance composed of Hans Leopard, Italy, and Austria-Hungary, and the Triple Entente composed of Britain, Gaul, and Russia. ]

[The establishment of the Allied Military Group and the Allied Military Group marked the formal formation of a situation of confrontation between the two military groups in Europe, and international relations became more tense and complicated. 】

[Both military groups are stepping up their military expansion and preparing for the upcoming war. 】

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See here.

Some ancient people who reacted quickly in the past dynasties have understood.

The First World War must have been fought between these two military groups.

And at this time.

Some ancient people with better memory remembered some scattered information obtained from the previous video.

The plane of Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Zhanji said:

"I remember that people in the past mentioned that the Allied group lost this battle."

"It is also said that the emperor of Hans Baoguo regretted not seeing our "The Art of War" earlier."

Being reminded by Zhu Zhanji.

Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi also remembered.

It is true.

However.

Although they already knew the outcome in advance, they still wanted to know how this bloody world war was fought?

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[At this point, everything is ready for a war of unprecedented scale, and only the east wind is missing. ]

[And this east wind is the assassination of Archduke Federico and his wife in the opening. ]

[Austria-Hungary has been unhappy with Serbia for a long time. Now that they have personally delivered it to the door, it has provided Austria-Hungary with a perfect reason to go to war, and naturally they will not miss it. ]

……

The plane of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Che did not think that this assassination incident was very important.

The war between the two military groups is inevitable. Without this excuse, there will be other excuses.

Even if you want to fight, if there is really no excuse, you can create an excuse.

……

[With the support of the Hans Leopard State, the Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia on July 28, 1914. ]

[Seeing this situation, Russia, which had serious conflicts of interest with the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the Balkans, began mobilizing for war on July 30. ]

[The twoDays later, Gallic Rooster announced its support for Russia and began to mobilize for war. 】

[Hans Leopard saw that its ally was about to be beaten, so it declared war on Russia on August 1, and then declared war on Gallic Rooster on August 3. 】

[On August 4, the German army began to attack Belgium, and the British Empire declared war on Hans Leopard on the same day. 】

[From the time Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, in just one week, the war quickly spread to almost the entire European continent. 】

[This war slid to the brink of being completely out of control in a way that people had never expected. 】

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“It’s so fast!”

Many ancient people from all dynasties were shocked.

Unexpectedly, a full-scale war began in just a few days.

Then, their eyes became more focused.

The following is the course of this world war.

How will the full-scale confrontation between the two military groups proceed?

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[The course of the First World War was relatively complicated, but in general it can be divided into three fronts. ]

[First, the Western Front was the battle between Britain and France against Germany, the Eastern Front was the battle between Russia and Germany and Austria, and the Southern Front was also known as the Balkan Front, mainly Serbia against Austria. ]

[The most important of these three fronts was the Western Front, which directly affected the course of World War I. ]

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Accompanied by narration subtitles.

Maps and arrows appeared on the giant screen in the sky, allowing ancient people from all dynasties to see the distribution of the three fronts very clearly.

The plane of Taizu of the Great Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the giant screen with great interest, deducing the war situation in his mind.

As an emperor on horseback, he was very interested in this super-large war.

Although he already knew the final result of World War I, it still did not prevent him from deducing the specific process of the war.

After all, no one knew how the Allied Powers won.

While thinking about it, Zhu Yuanzhang asked Xu Da:

"Tian De, what do you think?"

"The pressure is on the Hans Leopard Country. It is fighting on two fronts. It must fight quickly and resolve one front first. It cannot fall into a stalemate, otherwise it will be very disadvantageous."

Xu Da replied in a deep voice.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly.

At this time, Zhu Biao suddenly interrupted:

"Where did Italy go?"

He did not see Italy in the three fronts.

But Italy was clearly on the Allied Powers side.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Xu Da naturally had no way to answer Zhu Biao's doubts.

They were also very confused about this.

The answer is actually very simple.

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[Many netizens here may have a question: Why is Italy not seen in the three fronts? ]

[On the third day after the outbreak of the war in 1914 (August 3), Italy declared neutrality and refused to participateWar. 】

【It is said that when Emperor Hans Leopard Wilhelm II received the telegram from the Italian emperor, he cursed this person as a "bad guy!" and angrily called this person "shameless!"】

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The Great Ming Taizu plane.

Zhu Yuanzhang and others were quite surprised.

They did not expect it to be like this.

This Italy is really not a good ally.

No wonder the Allied forces lost. The traitor appeared at the beginning of the war.

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【1914 was the first stage of World War I. 】

【According to the Schlieffen Plan that Hans Leopard had planned for a long time, a small number of troops were used on the Eastern Front to contain Russia, and the main force of the German army on the Western Front quickly defeated the Gallic Chicken Kingdom, and then the main force on the Western Front was transferred back to the Eastern Front to defeat Russia. 】

【However, this plan failed. 】

【First, Bili was too tenacious, and it held off Hans Leopard for two months. 】

【Second, Hans Leopard lost in the Battle of the Marne. 】

【In this war, both sides deployed more than 1.5 million troops, and in the end more than 300,000 troops were killed or wounded. Hans Leopard's casualties were slightly higher than those of Britain and France, but the difference was not big. 】

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"Hiss!"

Many ancient people in all dynasties were shocked.

More than 3 million people were deployed in a single battle, which was too large.

It was simply terrifying.

……

【But why did Hans Leopard lose? 】

【Because Britain and France achieved their strategic goals, held the defense line, and saved Paris. 】

【But Hans Leopard did not achieve its strategic goals. 】

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The Great Tang Emperor Taizong plane.

Li Shimin looked at the map on the giant screen in the sky, his eyes showing thoughts.

The defeat of Hans Leopard Country in this battle had a huge negative impact from the strategic perspective.

The two sides entered a stalemate positional war, which was too costly for Hans Leopard Country, which was fighting on two fronts.

If the stalemate continues, Hans Leopard Country will definitely lose.

If Hans Leopard Country wants to break the situation, it must find a way to break this situation of fighting on two fronts.

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[Now let's turn our attention to the east. ]

[The Battle of Tannenberg broke out between Hans Leopard Country and Russia in East Prussia on August 26, 1914. ]

[Russia used two divisions with nearly 300,000 people to fight against Hans Leopard Country's mere 150,000 divisions, and they were not elite troops. 】

[As a result, Russia lost the battle in just five days, with nearly 200,000 deaths and more than 90,000 prisoners. 】

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The Great Han Wudi plane.

Liu Che shook his head.

During the Napoleonic Wars, the Russian army's combat effectiveness was still very good.

I didn't expect it to become so weak now.

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[In November 1914, the Ottoman EmpireBecause of the conflict with Russia, the country decided to join the war and joined the ranks of Germany and Austria-Hungary. 】

[Hans Leopard Country had only one request to the Ottoman Empire: help fight Russia. 】

[And the fastest way to attack Russia from the Ottoman Empire is to enter from the Amagnia side, which is the Caucasus region known as the top of Europe, with an average altitude of 3,000 meters. 】

[In winter, a group of Arabs and Russians went to war in a high-altitude cold area, and the result can be imagined. 】

[The result was that half of the Ottoman Empire’s soldiers were frozen to death before they saw the shadow of the enemy, and the remaining half were also killed. 】

[The wrong choice of joining the Allied Powers also caused the Ottoman Empire to disintegrate after World War I and soon die. 】

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“¨々 It was destroyed like this.”

Many ancient people in all dynasties were a little surprised to hear that the Ottoman Empire was destroyed here.

Many people wondered if the Ottoman Empire had not rashly joined the war, could it have lasted longer.

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[The time came to 1915, and World War I entered the second stage. ]

[Due to the defeat in the Battle of Marne, the Western Front entered a state of trench digging and attrition, so Hans Leopard decided to concentrate its forces to defeat Russia first, forcing Russia to cease fire, thus ending the war on the Eastern Front to avoid continuing to fall into the dilemma of fighting on two fronts. ]

[The Eastern Front has become the main battlefield this year. ]

[In May of that year, the German-Austrian coalition assembled 18 divisions and more than 2,000 artillery pieces, and attacked the Russian army in two directions. The two sides fought for more than 8 months. ]

[In the end, the German-Austrian coalition won the battle at a heavy price, killing and wounding more than 1.7 million Russian soldiers, but failed to destroy the main force of the Russian army. 】

……

"This Russia is too difficult to deal with."

In the dimension of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin sighed.

With its terrifying strategic depth, huge army, and bad weather, it is too difficult to completely defeat Russia.

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[In addition, a very important thing happened in 1915. Italy, which had originally declared neutrality, joined the Allied Powers because Britain and France promised to cede two regions under the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to Italy, and declared war on the Hans Leopard Kingdom and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. 】

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"Ah?"

Many ordinary people in all dynasties were shocked.

This Italy is too ungentlemanly. Not only did it violate the contract when the war started, but it also surrendered to the enemy at this time.

Compared with ordinary people, emperors in all dynasties were much calmer. This kind of thing is normal.

And many of the emperors also felt that Italy's surrender to the Allies might be due to the fact that the Allied Powers (Li Nuo) were already at a disadvantage.

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[In general, although many large and small battles took place in 1915, both sides were unable to completely defeat each other. Both the Eastern and Western Fronts were in a state of anxiety.state. 】

[Although the war did not progress much, many people died in 1915. 】

[On the Western Front alone, which was caught in positional warfare, the British and French forces suffered nearly one million casualties, and the German army also suffered 610,000 casualties on the Western Front. 】

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Looking at the sea of ​​blood and corpses on the huge screen in the sky, many ancient people in all dynasties sighed in their hearts:

"Too cruel!"

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[It can be said that the First World War ended here, making everyone at the time feel very desperate. 】

[Because everyone didn't know why they were fighting, and didn't know when the war would end. 】

[Since everyone didn't make much progress in 1915, all parties regarded 1916 as a key year for victory and invested more manpower and material resources in the battlefield. 】

【Due to the unsuccessful war on the Eastern Front, the Hans Leopard Kingdom shifted its focus back to the Western Front, hoping to completely defeat the Gallic Chicken Kingdom through a large-scale battle. 】

【In February 1916, the Battle of Verdun broke out. 】

【This battle lasted for 10 months and caused the deaths of nearly 1 million people. Its cruelty and brutality made it the title of meat grinder by later generations. 】

【The result of the war was that the French army narrowly won and regained all the lost positions. 】

【In June 1916, the Battle of the Somme broke out to relieve the pressure on Verdun. 】

【This battle lasted for more than 4 months, and its brutality was even better than the Battle of Verdun. 】

【In just over 4 months, more than 1.3 million people were killed and wounded on both sides. It was the most brutal positional battle in World War I. Because of its cruelty, it was called "Somme Hell".杠】

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The high-altitude giant screen played a mixed clip of film and television materials of the two battles.

Looking at the cruel scene of blood and flesh flying and human lives being as grass on the giant screen.

Many ancient people in all dynasties deeply and intuitively felt the cruelty of the First World War.

Dozens or even millions of people died at any time.

It was terrible.