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By Ryle Dwyer

The first world war, which was sparked by an act of terrorism, began in almost a festive atmosphere with people confidently predicting that it would be over by Christmas. By the time it ended over four years later, millions were dead, and the conflict was to have disastrous repercussions that were to last throughout the remainder of the century.

It made way not only for the Russian revolution and the rise of communism, but also the second world war. That war, in turn, resulted in the imprisonment of eastern Europe for almost half a century.