Michael Baker
Feb 13, 20201 min
Updated: May 11, 2020
We tend to define the First World War as 1914-18, but for most of central/eastern Europe and the Middle East 1918 had no meaning. As huge empires imploded, war did not end in these territories; instead, brutal ethnic and civil conflicts erupted, rendering the 'inter-war' period a bit of a misnomer.