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The Country That Suffered The Most From World War I
The forgotten suffering of a decimated people
World War I was known for the astounding amount of senseless death that it caused. Numerous empires imploded as a result of the conflict. The Austro-Hungarian Empire, Ottoman Empire, Russian Empire, and German Empire all melted from existence. The British Empire was put on life support, and it would not survive a second global conflict. The fighting grievously wounded these countries, but they were still able to recover enough to wage a second cataclysmic war just two decades later.
While millions of French, Germans, and Russians died in the trenches, one country suffered more than any other. Interestingly enough, the country that suffered the most was the one that inadvertently caused the conflict to begin with — Serbia.
World War I started when Serbian nationals unwisely assassinated a member of the Austro-Hungarian royal family. At first, it seemed as though the crisis would only result in a war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia, but that was not the case.
In the chaotic beginning of the war, most countries forgot about little Serbia, whose assassins’ bullets had dragged the world into war. However, Serbia would be embroiled in their own phase of the Great War that caused unimaginable harm.
