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FIRST WORLD WAR
The european nations vied with each other in establishing colonies. This competition led to conflicts among them and caused mutual distrust and enmity. This furthur drove the nations to the signing of military alliances. The Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente were examples of such military alliances.
Triple Alliance - Germany
Austria - Hungary
Italy
Triple Entente - England
France
Russia
The formation of such alliances created a war atmosphere in Europe. They started manufacturing and buying lethal weapons.The European nations resorted to various strategies to succeed in their imperialistic competitions. Aggressive nationalism was one among them. The European nations used aggressive nationalism to invade other countries . Aggressive nationalists considered their own nation as the supreme and justified whatever be the actions of their nations. Various movements in Europe were an offshoot of aggressive nationalism.
Balkan crisis - The Balkan region is situated in Europe ,close to the Aegean sea and the Black sea . It was part of the Ottoman empire .In 1912,Balkan League (Greece, Bulgaria , Serbia, and Montenegro ) defeated Turkey. However , the conflicts among the allied nations in sharing the benefits of war led to the breakup of the League and resulted in wars among them.
When Austria laid its claim over the Balkan region with the support of Germany ,Serbia claimed this region with the support of Russia. During this time ,a Serbian youth Gaverilo Prinsep , assassinated Francis Ferdinand , the heir to the throne of Austria at the Bosnian capital Sarajevo in july 1914. The allied nations rushed to help their allies. Almost all the nations of the world directly or indirectly were involved in it . Therefore this war is known as the First World War
SECOND WORLD WAR
after the first world war a peace treaty was convened at Paris in 1919 to discuss post war situation , under the leadership of the winning allies , Britain and France . They signed different treaties with the defeated nations. Among these treaties , the Versailles Treaty signed with Germany in 1919 was the most important one. According to this treaty , German colonies were divided among the victorious powers and Germany was forced to pay a huge amount as war indemnity. The allies occupied the rich mines of Germany. Above all war guilt was imposed on Germany and was disarmed .
Even though Italy was with the victorious powers(Italy switched sides)they got nothing . This brought about Fascism in Italy and the Versailles treaty brought about Nazism in Germany.
Following the peace treaty at Paris in 1919, the victorious nations shared the colonies of the defeated nations. Neither Germany nor Italy had any colony or market. Therefore ,for enhancing their political-economic stability, Italy and Germany planned to conquer colonies and attack weak nations . In an effort to extend this policy of aggression ,Italy and Germany along with Japan formed an alliance called the Axis Powers. Countering this alliance , Britain, France and China formed the Allied Powers
Later America and Soviet Union(current Russia) also joined the anti-fascist alliance.
The League of nations failed to stall the attacks of the Axis Powers . When Germany ,Italy and Japan attacked other nations ,capitalist countries like Britain and France did not prevent the attacks. They considered Soviet Union ,being a socialist country as their chief enemy. This policy which encouraged Fascist attacks is known as the Policy of Appeasement. On 1 September 1939, Germany attacked Poland. This prompted the allied nations to declare war against Germany that ultimately resulted in the outbreak of the Second World War.
The entry of Soviet Union and America changed the complexion of the Second World War . Italy and Germany could not withstand the attack and surrendered immediately. Mussolini(leader of fascism) was killed by the local partisans . Hitler(leader of nazism) committed suicide. The soviet army moved towards Japan through trans-Siberia. But before it could reach Japan, the United States of America dropped two atom bombs in Japan - 'little boy' in Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 and 'Fat man' in Nagasaki on 9 August . Soon ,Japan surrendered.
The european nations vied with each other in establishing colonies. This competition led to conflicts among them and caused mutual distrust and enmity. This furthur drove the nations to the signing of military alliances. The Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente were examples of such military alliances.
Triple Alliance - Germany
Austria - Hungary
Italy
Triple Entente - England
France
Russia
The formation of such alliances created a war atmosphere in Europe. They started manufacturing and buying lethal weapons.The European nations resorted to various strategies to succeed in their imperialistic competitions. Aggressive nationalism was one among them. The European nations used aggressive nationalism to invade other countries . Aggressive nationalists considered their own nation as the supreme and justified whatever be the actions of their nations. Various movements in Europe were an offshoot of aggressive nationalism.
Balkan crisis - The Balkan region is situated in Europe ,close to the Aegean sea and the Black sea . It was part of the Ottoman empire .In 1912,Balkan League (Greece, Bulgaria , Serbia, and Montenegro ) defeated Turkey. However , the conflicts among the allied nations in sharing the benefits of war led to the breakup of the League and resulted in wars among them.
When Austria laid its claim over the Balkan region with the support of Germany ,Serbia claimed this region with the support of Russia. During this time ,a Serbian youth Gaverilo Prinsep , assassinated Francis Ferdinand , the heir to the throne of Austria at the Bosnian capital Sarajevo in july 1914. The allied nations rushed to help their allies. Almost all the nations of the world directly or indirectly were involved in it . Therefore this war is known as the First World War
SECOND WORLD WAR
after the first world war a peace treaty was convened at Paris in 1919 to discuss post war situation , under the leadership of the winning allies , Britain and France . They signed different treaties with the defeated nations. Among these treaties , the Versailles Treaty signed with Germany in 1919 was the most important one. According to this treaty , German colonies were divided among the victorious powers and Germany was forced to pay a huge amount as war indemnity. The allies occupied the rich mines of Germany. Above all war guilt was imposed on Germany and was disarmed .
Even though Italy was with the victorious powers(Italy switched sides)they got nothing . This brought about Fascism in Italy and the Versailles treaty brought about Nazism in Germany.
Following the peace treaty at Paris in 1919, the victorious nations shared the colonies of the defeated nations. Neither Germany nor Italy had any colony or market. Therefore ,for enhancing their political-economic stability, Italy and Germany planned to conquer colonies and attack weak nations . In an effort to extend this policy of aggression ,Italy and Germany along with Japan formed an alliance called the Axis Powers. Countering this alliance , Britain, France and China formed the Allied Powers
Later America and Soviet Union(current Russia) also joined the anti-fascist alliance.
The League of nations failed to stall the attacks of the Axis Powers . When Germany ,Italy and Japan attacked other nations ,capitalist countries like Britain and France did not prevent the attacks. They considered Soviet Union ,being a socialist country as their chief enemy. This policy which encouraged Fascist attacks is known as the Policy of Appeasement. On 1 September 1939, Germany attacked Poland. This prompted the allied nations to declare war against Germany that ultimately resulted in the outbreak of the Second World War.
The entry of Soviet Union and America changed the complexion of the Second World War . Italy and Germany could not withstand the attack and surrendered immediately. Mussolini(leader of fascism) was killed by the local partisans . Hitler(leader of nazism) committed suicide. The soviet army moved towards Japan through trans-Siberia. But before it could reach Japan, the United States of America dropped two atom bombs in Japan - 'little boy' in Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 and 'Fat man' in Nagasaki on 9 August . Soon ,Japan surrendered.
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