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“Humoristic map of Europe in 1914”

In the distorted form of a caricature, the states of Europe are shown as stereotypical illustrations. The Axis countries Austria-Hungary and Germany are recognisable as expansive forces in the centre of the continent.

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Wienbibliothek im Rathaus – Vienna Library in the City Hall
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    The ‘sick man on the Danube’

    In connection with the Ottoman Empire’s inexorable nineteenth-century decline, Tsar Nicholas II coined the expression of the ‘sick man on the Bosphorus’. Another empire in crisis was Austria-Hungary.