Positive Effects Of World War 1

World War I, the first man-made catastrophe of the twentieth century, left many negative effects on the entire world, including the World War II, the birth of the atomic bomb, and the Cold War. One positive effect was the advancement in the field of space exploration. In this war, Austria-Hungary, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire (the Central powers), clashed against Serbia, Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Japan, and the United States (the Allied powers). The war began on July 28, 1914 as a small conflict between Austria-Hungary and Serbia, but soon engulfed the other major countries involved in treaties with the two countries. The war lasted for four years, killing more than nine million soldiers and wounding 21 thousand more. It finally
The treaty stated that Germany should claim full responsibility for the war, pay money for the war damages, limit the size of its military, and furthermore, give away part of its land. The German delegates were forced to sign it infuriating the Germans. Adolf Hitler, a German politician, claimed that he would make Germany a better place and defeat the Allies. All the Germans saw him as a ray of hope and stood behind him. Hitler began to rebuild Germany's army defying the Treaty of Versailles. He also sent armies to occupy Austria, and as he predicted, the European democracies did not respond. Since Germany gained all their lost power, Hitler started invading countries in Europe taking revenge on the allies. This lead to World War II, the deadliest war in human
In autumn of 1944, when president Harry S. Truman made plans to attack Japan, his military advisers warned him that the invasion would cause half a million soldiers to die. Later in July, Truman learned about a secret weapon, the atomic bomb, made in Manhattan, and tested in a desert in New Mexico. The atomic bomb was so powerful that it could destroy an entire city in a matter of few minutes. On August 6, 1945, America dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, a city in Japan, causing a destruction never seen before. Within minutes, the whole city was destroyed and more than 130,000 people were killed. Even the horrific bombing of Hiroshima failed to convince Japan to surrender, thereby leading America to drop a more powerful atomic bomb on Nagasaki, another city in Japan. About 35,000 thousand people were immediately killed, and many more people in both cities died slow deaths due to radiation poisoning. On September 2, 1945, Japan’s surrender was formally accepted officially ending World War II. About forty five to sixty million people were killed in this