15 Minute History roundtables on the legacy of World War I

To coincide with the centenary of the end of World War One, 15 Minute History has published two roundtables on the legacy of the war in southeast Europe and the Middle East, and in Germany and Russia. Both episodes are transcribed (click through the links to listen/read).

Episode 110: The Legacy of WWI in the Balkans and Middle East

Guests: Mary Neuburger, Departments of History & Slavic Studies; Yoav Di-Capua, Department of History, The University of Texas at Austin.

On October 30, 1918, the Ottoman Empire signed a treaty of capitulation to the Allied Powers aboard the HMS Agamemnon, a British battleship docked in Mudros harbor on the Aegean island of Lemnos. Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire were the first of the Central Powers to formally end their participation in World War I. Five days later, the Austro-Hungarian Empire followed suit, and finally the guns fell silent with the capitulation of Germany on November 11. World War I dramatically changed the face of Europe and the Middle East. The war had caused millions of deaths and millions more were displaced. Two great multinational empires–the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire–were dissolved into new nation states, while Russia descended into a chaotic revolution.

In this first of two roundtables on the legacy of World War I, we are joined by Mary Neuburger, Professor of History and Director of the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, and Yoav Di-Capua, Professor of Modern Arab History, to discuss the war’s impact on southeastern Europe and the Middle East.

Episode 111: The Legacy of World War I in Germany and Russia

Guests: David F Crew and Charters Wynn, Professors of History, The University of Texas at Austin.

On November 11, 1918, the guns fell silent in Europe as the armistice with Germany ended World War One. World War I changed the face of Europe and the Middle East. The war had brought bloodshed on an unprecedented scale: tens of millions of people were dead, and millions more displaced. The German and Russian economy were in ruins, and both nations rebuilt in different ways before meeting on the battlefield again a generation later.

In this second roundtable on the legacy of The Great War, we are joined by David Crew and Charters Wynn from UT’s History Department to discuss the war’s impact on Germany and Russia.