Images

Major European Wars and their Territorial Impact

By Nour Nahhas

  • Thirty Years' War: Peace of Westphalia

    Thirty Years' War: Peace of Westphalia
    Peace of Westphalia (1648) - The treaties resulted from the big diplomatic congress, which initiated a new system of political order in central Europe, later called Westphalian sovereignty.
    Painting:
    Ratification of the Peace of Münster between Spain and the Dutch Republic in the town hall of Münster, 15 May 1648.
    Artist: Gerard ter Borch
    Medium oil on copper.

  • Seven Year's War: "The Death of General Wolfe"

    Seven Year's War: "The Death of General Wolfe"
    "The Death of General Wolfe"
    Artist Benjamin West
    Year 1770
    Type Oil on canvas
    Dimensions 151 cm × 213 cm (59 in × 84 in)
    Location National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
    - The painting depicts the death of the British General James Wolfe at the Battle of Quebec in 1759.

  • Napoleonic Wars: Congress of Vienna

    Napoleonic Wars: Congress of Vienna
    The Congress of Vienna (1814-1815): The primary task of the Congress was to settle upon a new dynastic and territorial organization of Europe in the wake of Napoleon’s defeat. The Congress made decisive changes to the political map of Europe: borders were redrawn, states reorganized, and territories ceded or annexed.
    Painting by The Parisian court painter Jean Baptiste Isabey (1815)

  • Franco-Prussian War: German Unification

    Franco-Prussian War: German Unification
    The Franco-Prussian war emerged due to the tensions rising with German unification, Which was a war between Prussia and the Second French Republic.
    Image: Napoleon III having a conversation with Bismarck after being captured in the Battle of Sedan
    1878 painting by Wilhelm Camphausen)

  • World War I : Treaty of Versailles

    World War I : Treaty of Versailles
    The Treaty of Versailles ended the war between Germany and the Allied powers. The most important part of the treaty was Article 231 which requires Germany taking responsibility for causing the damage and loss of the other states involved. It required Germany to disarm, give back territories claimed in the war and pay reperations.

  • World War II : Adolf Hitler

    World War II : Adolf Hitler
    Complete destruction of Warsaw, capital of Poland after Germany's invasion of Poland.
    Source: Stanisław Jankowski, Adolf Ciborowski "Warszawa 1945 i dziś" Wydawnictwo Interpress, Warszawa, 1971, page 66