WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Severe inflation contributed to the rise of radical political groups.
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Scientific developments improved the standard of living.
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Widespread intolerance of the Huguenots led to human rights abuses.
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Military successes eliminated tensions with neighboring countries
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Detailed explanation-1: -Fascism in Europe during the 1920’s and 1930’s is best described as a form of totalitarianism that glorified the state above the individual.
Detailed explanation-2: -Countries like Britain and France followed ‘The Policy of Appeasement’ as: They knew that the Treaty of Versailles had been harsh on the defeated nations of World War I. They felt that countries like Germany and Italy had genuine grievances.
Detailed explanation-3: -The 1920s were a difficult and unstable time for Germany. As well as having to come to terms with the Treaty of Versailles’ punishments, it was a time of invasion, economic decline, putsches (rebellions) but also a huge growth in cultural freedoms and political rights.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Weimar Republic was Germany’s government from 1919 to 1933, the period after World War I until the rise of Nazi Germany. It was named after the town of Weimar where Germany’s new government was formed by a national assembly after Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated.