... be defined as love for one's nation. However historically speaking nationalism is a far bigger term. Throughout history people possessing the same cultural identity (history, language, and customs) have felt a sense of coming together as one nation. Nationalism assumes that one's nation is better off than other states as ... Balkan revolutions against the Ottomans and the Arab revolution against the Ottoman Empire during the WW1. The French revolution is often credited to be the event that led to the rise of nationalism. France was a divided nation prior to this revolution. It was divid...

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... though the Nationalists had some help from the English they still lost. This helped the Germans practice their tactics and mobilizations techniques increasing their chances of success against other nations. This was also left Franco in charge in which he set up a Fascists government. Also in 1930, Germany becomes ... were ready to fight when Germany invaded Belgium to attack France in the least fortified place. Belgium, however tried to defend them selves as in WW1, but this time Germany was too powerful and completely eradicated them. Next was France who fought a desperate and losing w...

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... events that played major roles for changing the balances in the world throughout history. Unfortunately, most of the time, these events were nothing but the cruel wars that resulted in the loss of millions of people and in waste of huge amount of money. Like every other war, World War 1 took many lives and money ... fact basically. Some scholars believe that British troops would have been in Constantinople if they tried a final attempt to pass the Dardanelles because of the conditions of the Turkish soldiers and ammunition. In contrast to it, some think that it would be another defeat fo...

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... help in the war effort. For Britain, France and Italy they had to borrow money from the United States to keep the war effort going. By the conclusion of the war Britain was in debt over 3.5 billion dollars, France was almost 2 billion and Italy was just over 1 billion dollars in debt10. When the war ... could do them. The Great War as it has become known was a defining moment in modern history the impacts, which were and are felt around the world today. Because the war was fought on mainland Europe many of European resources were all but used up. Most nations were servilery in debt in on...

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