english: And of course, into the vacuum where the too-old European powers used to be were played the two bloody catastrophes of the last century -- the one in the first part and the one in the second part: the two great World Wars.
non_english: In het vacuüm dat de oude Europese machten nalieten, speelden zich de twee bloedige catastrofes van de vorige eeuw af -- de twee grote Wereldoorlogen.