HIST 122 Lecture 18: Week 18 Lecture
18 Oct 2017
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Twenty eight allied and associated powers - 4 central powers. Aspirations of various groups of people, linguists, etc. who wants to redefine themselves in the form of a nation. Aspirations created deep sense of destabilizing forces at this time. All these nations now competing against each other for getting access to new colonies, resources, etc. Inflexible, unchangeable and let loose a chain reaction when one part of the system revolt. Involved entire economic and social processes of society. Victory could not be declared until entire society and economic structure had been dismantled. Not a war decided in the battlefield, but extended beyond. Used automated weapons, aviation technology, chemical warfare, submarine warfare, etc. Twenty million other people were injured and succumbed to injuries in years following in years following. Before first world war, europe was economic superpower. United states became economically more powerful after first world. Russia wanted to support insurgence in serbia to weaken germany and.
