played an important role in pre-revolutionary Russia. Georgia declared independence after the First WorldWar, which left massive devastation in its wake, and the 1918 revolution;, but the Soviet Union annexed [...] Tkibuli. Then, Europe’s insatiable thirst for energy triggered a massive rush of development. The world’s most powerful banking and industrial dynasties descended on Georgia to secure the region’s petroleum [...] energy and raw materials since the collapse of the USSR. Related Links WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Georgia World Atlas: What are the biggest industries in Georgia? Batumi. La petite ville de petrole Georgia was
small operations, and technical innovation played only a minor role. After the Second WorldWar and the subsequent civil war, recovery was slow. The transportation infrastructure was improved further using [...] became a part of the Greek state in 1913. The Greek campaign in Asia Minor following the First WorldWar ended in disaster in 1922, but triggered an economic boom. Forced to accommodate over half a million [...] of desperately struggling to catch up. Related Links ERIH Link List WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Greece World Atlas: What are the biggest industries in Greece? Piraeus. Basileiades Shipyard
Industry and War Iron and Steel Landscapes Mining Paper Production and Manufacturing Salt Service and Leisure Industry Textiles Transport Water Xtra: Company Museums and Factory Tours Xtra: UNESCO World Heritage [...] “Clean and tidy and ready to be fired up once more”. That may be so. But blast… more ERIH PRESENTS over 2,400 sites from all European countries AMONG THEM OVER 100 ANCHOR POINTS Industrial History of 51 countries
also had to sublet their beds for the time they were working. It was not until after the First WorldWar that Europe's governments, together with non-profit cooperatives, systematically tackled the massive [...] ultimately supposed to produce a "New Man". The concept was put into practice after the Second WorldWar when numerous satellite towns were founded for the workers of the gigantic new industrial plants
up with western Europe. But the radical reordering of south eastern Europe following the First WorldWar brought progress to a standstill: Hungary was partitioned from Austria and its sovereign territory [...] severe dependence on foreign capital and continuing rural unemployment. By the start of the Second WorldWar, industry had still not recovered to its previous level, the economic crisis triggered in 1929 added [...] plants in the area of Veszprém, financed by German capital. This trend continued through the Second WorldWar: Hungary’s economy boomed, particularly in the arms, chemicals and electrical equipment industries
1930s, the industry suffered a severe crisis that lasted until the demand for fish exploded during WorldWar II. The second pillar of Iceland’s industry is based on the utilisation of energy from renewable [...] public protest on account of its environmental impact. Related Links WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Iceland World Atlas: What are the biggest industries in Iceland? Siglufjörður. Fishmeal Factory
Imperial War Musem Eisenerz (A). Ore Mountaine Adventure Essen (D) Zollverein Coking Plant WHS. Ice Ring Essen (D). Zollverein Coking Plant WHS. Swimming Pool Essen (D). Zollverein Mine World Heritage [...] German Technical Museum Birmingham (GB). Museum of the Jewellery Quarter Blaenavon (GB). Iron Work World Heritage Site Blegny (B). Blegny Mine WHS Bocholt (D). Textile Works LWL Industrial Museum Bochum
verändern, zu ergänzen, zu löschen oder die Veröffentlichung zeitweise oder endgültig einzustellen. 2. Verweise und Links Bei direkten oder indirekten Verweisen auf fremde Webseiten ("Hyperlinks"), die [...] Kraft treten, in dem der Autor von den Inhalten Kenntnis hat und es ihm technisch möglich und zumutbar wäre, die Nutzung im Falle rechtswidriger Inhalte zu verhindern. Der Autor erklärt hiermit ausdrücklich [...] dass zum Zeitpunkt der Linksetzung keine illegalen Inhalte auf den zu verlinkenden Seiten erkennbar waren. Auf die aktuelle und zukünftige Gestaltung, die Inhalte oder die Urheberschaft der gelinkten/verknüpften
the area of brown coal mining, another industry requiring a huge amount of land. During the First WorldWar, the AEG power company set up the Zschornewitz brown coal works in the east-German coalmining area [...] in Wörlitz combined the beautiful with the useful, for the Enlightenment Prince hoped to make the world a better place by means of reason. Prince Franz reformed agriculture according to the latest state
Related Links: WIKIPEDIA: Extermination camp The Holocast explained: Extermination camps Unesco World Heritage List: Auschwitz Birkenau. German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945) Auschwitz [...] on Camp. Model of a gas chamber and crematorium (Bratislavská supa aus Bratislava, Slowakei, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
than 2% of the German work force were employed in the military sector. In fact, most historians agree now that it was not the big armament companies who finally triggered the outbreak of WorldWar I. The [...] were used rather reluctantly and displayed their full potential only in WorldWar II. Whereas in the first two "industrialised" wars most military innovations had come from civilian sources, now the picture [...] armaments industries have evolved from the small worlds of bronze und iron casting into a multi-faceted, interdisciplinary economic sector. In the Second WorldWar, particularly in Germany, a rather unique measure
corrugated sheets, marine propellers, armour plating and engineering tools. It was only after the First WorldWar that electric steel was mass manufactured. By that time steel production in Great Britain, the cradle [...] in the south of Scotland and in Wales. By the end of the 19th century Great Britain had become the world's largest producer of iron. The government in France now began to commit all its efforts to producing
no more than half of Italy was industrialized by the start of WorldWar One. Related Links ERIH Link List WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Italy World Atlas: What are the biggest industries in Italy? Milan. Fratelli
the country, and in 1915 the Altai Railway followed in the east. But then the First WorldWar, the Russian Civil War and a famine led to a catastrophe from which the country only recovered very slowly [...] grew and new food processing and light industry enterprises were established. During the Second WorldWar, industry grew because Moscow moved factories from contested western territories to Kazakhstan. [...] energy-rich Kazakhstan even has to import electric power. Related Links WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Kazakhstan World Atlas: The Economy of Kazakhstan ХХ ғасырдағы Қазақстан экономикасының дамуы (Development of Kazakhstan's
n took off rapidly, and the population of Riga quintupled between 1871 and 1913. On the eve of WorldWar I the “Baltic provinces” of Livonia, Courland and Estonia were more industrialised than any other [...] manufacturing cars and trucks under licence from Ford. The German and Russian occupations during WorldWar II delivered another bitter setback. Starting in 1945, the Soviets launched a large-scale reconstruction [...] sector – and here as well, Latvia and Estonia achieved the highest productivity in the Empire. The war left behind great devastation, and beyond that, the withdrawing Russians dismantled a large portion
production remained dominant, followed by metal and wood processing operations. After the Second WorldWar, with its widespread devastation, Lithuania once again fell under Russian rule. Unlike in the other [...] Lithuania with electricity today. Construction of the Ignalina nuclear reactor, intended to be the world’s largest, commenced in 1970; today, the plant is no longer operational. Docks for ocean-going fishing [...] computers for military and civilian use. Related Links ERIH Link-List WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Lithuania World Atlas: What are the biggest industries in Lithuania? Šilutė (Heydekrug). Gasworks Lithiania was a
ordered one ship, as the construction time was too long for them. When the strategic situation after WorldWar II made a base in the Mediterranean superfluous, Britain withdrew from the island, and Malta became [...] only a small part of the island’s gross domestic product. Related Links WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Malta World Atlas: What are the biggest industries in Malta? Floriana. Tram Station at Piazza St Anna
advantageous to use a mechanical pick. This was introduced into Belgian coalmines and, after the First WorldWar, into the pits along the Ruhr. Hand labour underground, which had continued almost unchanged since
spirits today, opened in Tiraspol, but sustained growth failed to materialise. After the First WorldWar, Moldova became part of Romania. Although the new government immediately introduced agricultural [...] businesses that processed agricultural products, such as mills and oil presses. After the Second WorldWar, the country once again passed into Russian hands and the government in Moscow launched a comprehensive [...] has since been in a severe, ongoing economic crisis. Related Links WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Moldova World Atlas: What are the biggest industries in Moldova? Chișinău. Old Station (oldchisinau.com) Moldova
labour was first used on a significant scale during the First WorldWar, when the German Reich employed nearly three million prisoners of war and civilians from abroad in industry and agriculture to replace [...] forced labourers. During the Second WorldWar, the Nazi German government used forced labour on an entirely different scale: more than 13 million civilians, prisoners of war from West and East, and concentration [...] millions of real and perceived political opponents followed. After the Second WorldWar, tens of thousands of foreign prisoners of war, Soviet soldiers released from German prisons and accused of treason, and
