How Did World War 1 Changed The Political History Of The World

: World War I was a global war centered in Europe that began in 1914 and lasted until 1918. This was one of the deadliest conflicts in history. Although it is hard to estimate the exact number of casualties but based on various statistics the casualties ranges from 9 million to 15 million.5 In this war at least 2 million died from diseases and 6 million went missing and presumed dead. About two-thirds of military deaths in World War I were in battle and the rest succumbed to death due to wounds and diseases. The World War I changed the political history of the world. All major economic powers took part in the war and after the war four major imperial powers - German, Russian, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman ceased to exist. The maps of Europe, Asia, and Africa were redrawn with the creation of several independent states. Imperial powers lost their strength and nationalist movements throughout the world surfaced.
The world community formed the League of Nations with the aim to policing all nations so that such war does not repeat. Weak states of nations, unprecedented sanction on Germany and its humiliation gave rise of fascism contributing the World War II. …show more content…
In this war major participants threw their entire economic and scientific capabilities and ignored the difference between the armies and civilians. This war not only used massive bombing on enemy positions but also used strategic bombing on enemy industrial and population centers, tested and used nuclear weapons for the first time in human history. The death toll was estimated to be between 40 million to 80 million, making it the deadliest conflict in human history.6 This war was initiated to establish superiority over other powers by Adolf