LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MODERN POETRY AND POETICS
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Germany was defeated and blamed for causing the war.
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In the course of World War I, the Bolsheviks came to power in Russia.
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Successful parliamentary democracies were established throughout the continent and remained stable until the outbreak of World War II in 1939.
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By the end of the 1920s, almost every state that had participated in World War I faced an economic depression and political upheavals.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The First World War destroyed empires, created numerous new nation-states, encouraged independence movements in Europe’s colonies, forced the United States to become a world power and led directly to Soviet communism and the rise of Hitler.
Detailed explanation-2: -It redrew the world map and reshaped many borders in Europe. The collapse of the Russian Empire created Poland, the Baltics, and Finland. The Austro-Hungarian Empire dissolved into Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia. When the Ottoman Empire collapsed, Turkey was established.
Detailed explanation-3: -As regards the map of Europe, the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian Empires were broken up and drastically shrunk, while Poland, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia were all born or reborn as nation states. Russia underwent the Bolshevik Revolution that would have a major impact on European and world history.
Detailed explanation-4: -(i) In society, soldiers were ranked higher than civilians. Trench life of the soldiers was glorified by the media. (ii) Politicians and publicists laid great stress on the need for men to be aggressive and masculine. (iii) Aggressive war propaganda and national honour occupied centre stage in the public sphere.