Important World Events 5-1
Important World Events 5-1
Important World Events 5-1
Ans:These wars are known as World Wars because not only two countries but many
countries of the world are included in it.
WORLD WAR I
DURATION:4 years,3 months,2 weeks.
FORCES:World War l was fought between Allied Forces and Central Forces
BRITAIN AUSTRIA
RUSSIA TURKEY
PORTUGAL GERMANY
UNITED STATES
FRANCE
JAPAN
ITALY
WORLD WAR II
DURATION:6Years 1 days
CONSEQUENCES:
1-In the end thousands of men lost their lives.
2-Central powers,Germany,Turkey, Austria with their allies were defeated.
3-Many new countries came into being namely, Czechlosovakia and Yogoslavia.
4-Germany was made to pay huge sums of money called reparations
5-Germany has to sign the peace settlement called the Treaty of Versailles was drawn up by
allied forces
6-The OTTOMAN empire after ruling for 400 years was defeated.
7-This give new hopes to India and that perhaps that British Empire could be the next fall.
CONSEQUENCES :
1- In the end the allied were victorious.
2- the USA and the USSR emerged as the new World Super Power .
3- the end of this war Britain to came to a decision about leaving India.
4-WW Il saw the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the allied thus
ending the war