How were WWI and WWII about nationalism and global power? Nationalism and global power were the main reason for the World Wars because it changed the political and social structure of the World. World War I caused alliances and in World War II those alliances joined together to defeat Hitler. Nationalism – the notion of belonging to an “imagined community” that could compel loyalty to a geographic entity larger than a locality, to the leaders of this larger nation, and to the symbols that embodied it (a flag, an anthem, a uniform) –grew throughout the nineteenth century (The Origins, 1). World War I and World War II were two of the most horrific wars to ever happen. The cause of World War I was economic powers; it was also called the Great
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The main reason for the war was problems between Serbia and Austria- Hungary. Serbia and Austria- Hungary fought over Serbia. Serbia was able to fight for one year before it became part of Austria- Hungary. The War had two sides the Central Powers and the Allied Powers. The Central Powers were Germany, Austria Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire. The Allied Powers Were Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan and the United States. Different cultures ruled by one umbrella. Since Serbia was behind the assassination, everyone knew war was coming and that Russia would help Serbia. Austria Hungary was waiting on getting word from Germany that they would join them. First manifested as beliefs, then as political movements, nationalism reshaped the terrain of Europe (The Origins, …show more content…
The United States was the only nation that would be able to fight Japanese. The Japanese attacked a U.S. Naval base “Pearl Harbor”. The United States declared war on Germany. By then Pearl Harbor was under heavy attack, with the result that Tojo as a military leader had the satification of presiding over one of the most shattering surprise attacks in history but as a Japanese tradionalist had the ignominy of inaugurating what Roosevelt denounced as the “day of infamy” ( Tojo, 250). On D-Day a large mixed group of soldiers went into Normandy, France. A bombardment invasion and Germany surrender. Hitler committed suicide. The United States dropped two atomic bombs in Japan in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In Hiroshima instantly 80,000 people died and many more died after from radiation poisoning. Nagasaki had 40,000 deaths Japan initially did not want to attack the United States they wanted them to stay away from interfering in their military actions. There were between 50 to 80 million deaths during War World II, that is why it is called the deadliest war ever. At the same time the methods of killing already introduced continued that is shooting, starvation, death by overwork, abuse, and disease. It was remarkable how quickly things could move forward once the line to annihilation had been crossed (Expansions and Systematization,
The main reason for the war was problems between Serbia and Austria- Hungary. Serbia and Austria- Hungary fought over Serbia. Serbia was able to fight for one year before it became part of Austria- Hungary. The War had two sides the Central Powers and the Allied Powers. The Central Powers were Germany, Austria Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire. The Allied Powers Were Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan and the United States. Different cultures ruled by one umbrella. Since Serbia was behind the assassination, everyone knew war was coming and that Russia would help Serbia. Austria Hungary was waiting on getting word from Germany that they would join them. First manifested as beliefs, then as political movements, nationalism reshaped the terrain of Europe (The Origins, …show more content…
The United States was the only nation that would be able to fight Japanese. The Japanese attacked a U.S. Naval base “Pearl Harbor”. The United States declared war on Germany. By then Pearl Harbor was under heavy attack, with the result that Tojo as a military leader had the satification of presiding over one of the most shattering surprise attacks in history but as a Japanese tradionalist had the ignominy of inaugurating what Roosevelt denounced as the “day of infamy” ( Tojo, 250). On D-Day a large mixed group of soldiers went into Normandy, France. A bombardment invasion and Germany surrender. Hitler committed suicide. The United States dropped two atomic bombs in Japan in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In Hiroshima instantly 80,000 people died and many more died after from radiation poisoning. Nagasaki had 40,000 deaths Japan initially did not want to attack the United States they wanted them to stay away from interfering in their military actions. There were between 50 to 80 million deaths during War World II, that is why it is called the deadliest war ever. At the same time the methods of killing already introduced continued that is shooting, starvation, death by overwork, abuse, and disease. It was remarkable how quickly things could move forward once the line to annihilation had been crossed (Expansions and Systematization,