Europe Remembers 100th Anniversary of WW1

Heads of state and foreign dignitaries from more than 80 countries met in Liège, Belgium on Monday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I. Representatives from Belgium, France, Britain, Germany and others stood together on what was once a battlefield—in a spirit of reconciliation.

The fighting began in Liège after Germany declared war on France on Aug. 3, 1914.

Germany attempted to defeat France quickly by invading it from the north through Belgium, but the plan failed. In part because of a battle in Liège, Allied forces were able to keep Paris from falling to the Germans.

By the end of autumn, both sides dug in, and the war turned into four years of trench warfare on the Western Front. More than 14 million people lost their lives in the fighting, including 4 million civilians.

As Europe commemorates World War I, many have put their hope in the European Union as the best way to prevent future conflict in Europe.

“Today we are a step further. We can say for sure that within the European Union this will not happen again,” says Steffen Seibert, a German government spokesman.

The Trumpet is unique, however, in forecasting the exact opposite. Instead of preventing peace, the German-dominated European Union will be the vehicle that will bring even greater conflict to Europe. World war did not stop with World War I—or World War II.

Find out why Europe will be the epicenter of global conflict in the coming years. Watch Gerald Flurry’s Key of David program “Germany’s Break from America.”