WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

WORLD WAR II

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How did the results of World War I cause World War II?
A
The League of Nations declared war on Italy because World War I created problems between Germany and Italy.
B
The war debt from World War I that Germany had to pay was one of the causes of the political and economic instability of Europe.
C
President Wilson’s peace plan called for the invasion of Germany if the country failed to pay its war debt.
D
When Great Britain was blamed for World War I, Great Britain invaded France to demand payment for the war.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Second World War resulted in the victory of the Allied powers. The US bombed the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan thus ending World War II after the Japanese signed the “Instrument of Surrender’.

Detailed explanation-2: -The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife by Bosnian Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914, suddenly stirred up brewing conflicts in the region. Austria-Hungary used the assassination as an excuse to settle its dispute with Serbia.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The Allies won World War I after four years of combat and the deaths of some 8.5 million soldiers as a result of battle wounds or disease. Read more about the Treaty of Versailles. In many ways, the peace treaty that ended World War I set the stage for World War II.

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