Differences Between 1900 And 1945

Between 1900 and 1945, drastic change occurred from a global view. New economic, political, and military ideas were introduced resulting in divided nations and people. Large continents struggled to cope with these changes in nationalism, imperialism and militarism. Their struggles creating poverty, death and misery. As these large continents battled out their differences, the balance of power from 1900 and 1945 shifted from European domination on all levels to U.S control using liberal and western aspects and communist power in the The Soviet Union. In the early 1900’s, Great Britain controlled one-fifth of the world and has colonized extensive proportions of Africa and Asia. France fell close behind Great Britain, owning parts of Africa …show more content…
Russia sided with the Serbians in hope to gain land and sent troops to the border of Austria-Hungary. Other countries jumped into the conflict; Germany declaring war on Russia, France and Britain joining Russia and Japan declaring war on Germany to gain back their stolen land. These countries began to establish their positions in war. Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottomans as Central Powers because of their location and Russia and its allies as the Allied Powers. Countries with strong nationalist pride began challenging each other. In Western Europe, German invasion of France continued for 3 years on the Western Front. Although France and Britain were able to fight back, millions of lives were lost. Similar battles played out in Eastern Europe and other countries. However, the losses in Western Europe truly created the war 's outcome. The U.S arrived at the Western Front to help finally push Germany to surrender. These uprising demolished Eastern Europe, the Middle East and broke up Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire into nine new countries. Russia became the Soviet Socialist Republic under communism while the Allied Powers took over all foreign colonies that Germany used to control. The Allied Powers further punished Germany by having them pay $33 billion dollars in war damages and reducing their military drastically. Although …show more content…
Japan seized Manchuria and under China’s complaint removed themselves from the League of Nations, a peacekeeping organization. They had a new plan to conquer all of China. In Italy, Mussolini was inspired by these acts and set out to conquered Ethiopia. Adolf Hitler followed suit and annexed Austria by realizing strong powers could push around weaker ones since the Allied Powers weren’t stepping into battle against them. The policy of appeasement was introduced when Britain and France made an agreement with Germany that they would stop fighting for territory. Unfortunately, German ignored this policy and attacked Poland, France and Britain declaring war on them. From then on, battles occurred everywhere. Germany soon murdered 6 million Jews and other German’s considered dangerous, This genocide was known as the Holocaust. The United States came into the picture while this horror was still occurring. Japan attacked the naval base in Hawaii called Pearl Harbor and the U.S joined the fight against Italy and Germany. After numerous bombings and battles from the Allies on the Germans, Germany finally surrendered. The war in Europe ended and after some continuation of fighting in Japan, World War II came to an end in 1945. Countless civilian and Jew lives were lost and Europe and Japan were in despair. This weak wave in Europe and Japan shifted the balance