After WWI, delegates met in Paris to draw up what became the treaty of Versailles. Probably one of the biggest failures ever, both the winners and losers of WWI left Paris unhappy and dissatisfied. The allies still wanted more while the losers of the war were left miserable after loosing territories and than having to pay reparations for their actions in WWI. Only 20 years later Hitler of Germany invaded Poland in 1939 and began one of the bloodiest and most costly wars ever. WWII was a direct result of WWI and the vents that followed because of it.
WWI crippled European nations. Many countries, seriously in debt, began to print more and more money causing it to be worth nothing. In 1929 the Stock Market crashed and the whole world was led into the Great Depression. Even the wealthiest nations like the
In 1945 the war was finally over and the world was finally at peace. The world had learned from is experiences and tried to prevent any more such wars. The UN was created in 1945 and was designed to avoid the weakness that was evident in the League of Nations. Today the UN plays a vital role in most world affairs. Following WWII however problems still arose. Both the United States and the Soviet Union came out of WWII as the ‘Superpowers’ of the world. The Soviet Union tried to expand and spread communism while the United States practiced containment, constantly checking communist growth. The conflict in interest between the two nations was almost responsible for an Atomic war.
WWII was a direct result of WWI and the events that followed because of it. After WWI many countries of the world were left
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