Collapse of Empires

WW1's economic, social, military, and political strains were the final nail in the coffin for four great monarchs and empires. The Hohenzollerns, Habsburgs, Romanovs, and Ottomans were their names. For centuries, they have dominated Europe's political scene. Four Collapse of Empires was all destroyed as a result of World War I.

The Ottoman monarchy was dissolved after World War I, and the empire's last Sultan was exiled from Constantinople. It put an end to the Romanovs' 300-year reign, killed the Romanov family, and ushered in the Bolsheviks and Russia's communist rule. Germany was humiliated in the Treaty of Versailles, losing its colonies to Poland and France, and Kaiser Wilhelm II was banished to the Netherlands. With the defeat of the Central Powers at the end of World War I, the Austro-Hungarian empire came to an end. After WWI, Austria and Hungary were reduced to smaller states and split. It also damaged Americans' faith in moral crusade and change, resulting in a vehement discussion over civil freedoms and women's suffrage.

Following World War I, Eurasia, Africa, and even places not directly engaged underwent a significant political, cultural, economic, and social transformation. Due to the conflict, The Collapse of Empires, old nations were abolished, new ones were founded, borders were redrawn, international organizations were formed, and many new and old philosophies were cemented in people's minds. Most of the major parties involved in the conflict underwent political transformations as a result of World War I, transforming them into electoral democracies for the first time in history, as in Germany (1919 German federal election), the United Kingdom (1918 United Kingdom general election), and Turkey (1923 Turkish general election).