History UsefulNotes / CentralEurope

Central Europe was one of the first regions to industrialize in the 1870s, with Germany in particular coming into prominence as a large scientific, political and economic power, eventually uniting the region under the Central Powers into one of the richest and most powerful empires and nation-states on earth. However, [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI calamity would soon strike]], resulting in the worst war the world has ever seen. The region was consequently devastated, with millions killed, colossal destruction that took decades to recover from and which the world still hasn't fully recovered from, and the view of WarIsGlorious forever being shattered.

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* [[UsefulNotes/BohemiansWithBombers Bohemians with Bombers]] ([[UsefulNotes/CzechRepublic Czech]] military)

* [[UsefulNotes/EsperantoTheUniversalLanguage Esperanto, the Universal Language]]

* InkblotTest

* LorreLookalike

** [[AllGermansAreNazis All Germans are Nazis]]

* [[UsefulNotes/WeAreNotTheWehrmacht We are not the Wehrmacht]] ([[UsefulNotes/WestGermany West German]]/modern [[UsefulNotes/{{Germany}} German]] military)

One of the most populated regions in Europe as well as one of the most highly developed and educated regions of the world, Central Europe overlaps Western, Southern and Eastern Europe. Unlike the other regions in Europe, Central Europe is not a physical geographical entity, but a ideological group of countries sharing a common cultural, historic and social identity. Most of the countries in this region fall into either Western or Eastern Europe in a geopolitical definition (with Slovenia falling into Southern Europe), but tend to differ a lot culturally from the rest of those regions, have their own separate cultural identities and dislike being associated with those regions.

After the end of World War II and at the beginning of the UsefulNotes/ColdWar, Germany was split into UsefulNotes/WestGermany by the United States, United Kingdom and France, and UsefulNotes/EastGermany by the [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet Union]], with the UsefulNotes/BerlinWall separating the two countries. The region was then divided in two by the UsefulNotes/IronCurtain, with West Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein being allied with or at least neutral to the United States under NATO, while East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland and Hungary were allied to the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact. Slovenia was part of UsefulNotes/{{Yugoslavia}} until June 25, 1991, and was neutral to both sides. The Berlin Wall would eventually fall in November 1989, reuniting Germany under the West German government, the Warsaw Pact dissolved in July 1st, 1991, and the Soviet Union collapsed in December 26, 1991, finally ending the Cold War and reuniting the region.

After the end of World War II and at the beginning of the UsefulNotes/ColdWar, Germany was split into UsefulNotes/WestGermany by the United States, United Kingdom and France, and UsefulNotes/EastGermany by the [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet Union]], with the Berlin Wall separating the two countries. The region was then divided in two by the UsefulNotes/IronCurtain, with West Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein being allied with or at least neutral to the United States under NATO, while East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland and Hungary were allied to the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact. Slovenia was part of UsefulNotes/{{Yugoslavia}} until June 25, 1991, and was neutral to both sides. The Berlin Wall would eventually fall in November 1989, reuniting Germany under the West German government, the Warsaw Pact dissolved in July 1st, 1991, and the Soviet Union collapsed in December 26, 1991, finally ending the Cold War and reuniting the region.