В Париже собрались мировые лидеры, чтобы отметить 100-летие со дня окончания Первой мировой войны

В Париже, в воскресенье, собрались мировые лидеры, чтобы отметить День перемирия - событие, которому в этом году исполняется ровно сто лет со дня окончания Первой мировой войны.

Первая мировая война или Великая война, как ее иногда называют, продолжалась с 28 июля 1914 года по 11 ноября 1918 года. В боевых действиях принимали участие 70 миллионов военнослужащих, в том числе 60 миллионов европейцев, делая ее одной из крупнейших войн в истории. По некоторым оценкам, в результате войны погибли девять миллионов солдат и семь миллионов гражданских лиц, в то же время одним из факторов повлиявших на эти данные это ряд геноцидов и эпидемия гриппа 1918 года, которая вызвала от 50 до 100 миллионов смертей во всем мире. Военные потери усугублялись новыми технологическими и промышленными разработками и тактическим тупиком, вызванным изнурительной траншейной войной. Это был один из самых смертоносных конфликтов в истории, который привел к крупным политическим переменам, в том числе к революции 1917-1923 годов, во многих вовлеченных в войну странах. Неразрешенное соперничество в конце конфликта способствовало началу Второй мировой войны около двадцати лет спустя.

Среди тех, кто участвует в праздновании во Франции, организованном президентом Франции Эмануэлем Макроном, были лидеры Британии, Германии, России, Турции и Соединенных Штатов. В Париже также присутствуют президент Грузии Георгий Маргвелашвили и премьер-министр Армении Никол Пашинян

источник: commonspace.eu

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