The purpose of the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 was to put some order in the chaos of the colonization of Africa. It divided the continent up into specific areas for colonization.
The Western Front was the main theatre of war during the First World War. Following the outbreak of war in August 1914, the German Army opened the Western Front by invading Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining military control of important industrial regions in France. The tide of the advance was dramatically turned with the Battle of the Marne. Following the Race to the Sea, both sides dug in along a meandering line of fortified trenches, stretching from the North Sea to the Swiss frontier with France, which changed little except during early 1917 and in 1918.
Mark II with Canadian infantry at Vimy Ridge
Date
4 August 1914 – 11 November 1918
(4 years, 3 months and 1 week)
Location
Belgium, north-eastern France, Alsace-Lorraine, Luxembourg, western Germany
Result
Allied victory
End of World War I
George Washington was the first president
One way in which Suleiman the Magnificent and Peter the Great are similar is that they both (1) modernized their military. However, both leaders are also associated with reformation. Peter the Great led many military campaigns in Northern Europe and Suleiman the Magnificent vastly extended the Ottoman Empire.
