THE LIGHTS GO OUT ALL OVER EUROPE WORLD WAR I BRINGS POISON GAS, TRENCH BATTLES AND STAGGERING CARNAGE.(OUR MILLENNIUM)

From: The Virginian Pilot | Date: May 30, 1999| Author: Harriman, Stephen | Copyright information

Byline: STEPHEN HARRIMAN, STAFF WRITER

ISN'T THIS where we came in? Well . . . yes. Or so it would seem.

Here in the closing days of the 20th century, the world's eyes are once again focused on the Balkans, source of timeless trouble.

It was that same southeastern backwater of Europe that was the wellspring of violence in the infant days of this century of conflict and chaos.

It was there that the Great War - World War I - began. It bega...

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