Modern Military

War. World War. This is the story of the first world war, the great war. The then-biggest war to shake the globe. It is the story of the leaders, technological advancements, politics, and people that fueled a four-year conflict between countries and empires from every continent on the globe. The assassination of Franz Ferdinand sparked an ultimatum that would ignite the war. Nearly 11 million soldiers and seven million civilian lives were lost on both sides of the battle.

The American occupation of Japan holds a singular and problematic place in the histories both of Japan and of American foreign policy. For the Japanese, the occupation marked the transition from war to peace, from authoritarianism to democracy, and from privation to plenty, making it a passage from one of the darkest chapters in Japanese history to one of the brightest.

En la actualidad, China constituye una de las economías más grandes del mundo, y, según diversos analistas, en las próximas décadas será la primera potencia del globo.