World War I, the “Great War,” involved 32 nations and lasted 5 years. When it ended in 1919, it redrew the world map, and many borders in Europe, The collapse of the Russian Empire created Poland, the Baltics, and Finland. The Austro-Hungarian Empire dissolved into Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia. When the Ottoman Empire collapsed, Turkey was established. The German Empire became Germany, and Germany lost substantial territory outside Europe.
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NotionsCapital 
May 28, 2018 at 10:12 am
The video is ahistorical. Its premise is that history in Europe began just before WWI. For example, Lithuania was a country and empire until almost the beginning of the 19th century.