what are the major consequences of world war 1? How is world war 1 similar to WW2 and the cold war?

Answer 1

People who have nothing to do with starting the war end up dying

Answer 2

The number one consequence of WW I was WW II. Plus, there is the rise of centrism, militarism and a few powerful countries.

Both wars were fought principally in western Europe. Germany on one side and Britain, France, the USSR and the USA on the other.

All of western Europe was opposed to Eastern Europe in the cold war, different sides.

Answer 3

1) Borders were redrawn

One major consequence which was born out of the First World War was the drawing of new borders and the creation of so-called "successor states" carved out of former Empires and nation-states.

In World War One, Yugoslavia, Poland, Czechslovakia, Hungary and Austria were created from the old Austro-Hungarian Empire, whilst in the Middle East, Iraq, Syria, Palestine and Israel were created from the remnants of the former Ottoman Empire.

Meanwhile, after World War Two, Germany lost the eastern region of it's land to Poland and the Soviet Union.

Whilst after the Cold War, the former Soviet Satellites of Eastern Europe, including Lithuania, Ukriane, Latvia e.t.c gained independence from the Soviet Union and were created


2) International organizations were established with the goal of preventing future wars in the world

Following World War One, the League of Nations was founded but domination of the organization by Britain and France (who both wanted to pursue their own foreign interests in regards to their empire), weak and ineffectual action against military action (including by it's own members, such as the Italian invasion of Ethopia and the Japanese Invasion of the Manchuria province in China) and the abscence of the new emerging world superpower, the United States doomed it to eventual failure.

Similarly, in World War 2, the United Nations was established with the same aim of preventing future wars and making the world a better place, only this time it differed from the League of Nations in that it's members represented pretty much the entire world, not just Europe.

However, one could argue that the UN shows a degree of similaritry to the League of Nations in it's inneffectual stance, and refusal to take action on war and genocide, with notable examples being Rwanda (1994), the Yugoslav Civil War (1991 - 1995), Kosovo (1999) and possibly, now Darfur


3) Political extremism

Following World War One, fascism was born and gained influence in Western Europe, in part due to the harshness of the treaties that the Allies imposed, and their refusal of wartime promises.

In World War Two, communist gained rapid influence in Eastern Europe, mostly caused by the Soviet Union imposing communist ideology on the governments and incorporating them into the Eastern Bloc and Soviet Union, and the formation of the Warsaw Pact.