World War Two: The Most Significant Period Of The 20th Century

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World war two was the most significant period of the 20th century. It has changed the world in different aspects: geographically, borders of many states and countries have been changed due to this war. Technologically, the new inventions developed during the war such as radar, atomic bomb and the progress in electronics and computers. Politically, changes of regimes where countries turned into republics.
As far as the colonized countries are concerned, the war have weakened the two big super powers France and Britain which gave the opportunity to these countries including Syria which was under the French mandate to seek its independence.
Clashes in 1941 took place between the French forces led by General Dantz, loyal to the Vichy regime, and

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