UGC 112 Study Guide - Mao Zedong, Cuban Revolution, Nuclear Arms Race

• School: University at Buffalo
• Department: Undergraduate College
• Course: UGC 112
• Professor: Claude Welsh

Document Summary

Wwi is also called the great war , the war to end all wars , second 30"s year war . Two side of the war: central powers (germany, austria-hungary), allied powers (britain, Underlying causes-territorial disputes (remaining in europe and out of it. War was short and winnable-country that launched war would profit from it. Alliance systems-attack on one, meant attack on all. Trying to seek revenue from germany because of the damages of the world war i. Japan wanted to expand (they were already attacking east asia) Two sides of the war: axis powers (germany, japan, and italy), allied powers (france, britain, the soviet. Severity of wwi and wwii in terms of causalities. Two major warring forces during wwi and wwii. World war i-centrals powers (triple alliance)- germany, austria-hungary, ottoman empire, and kingdom of bulgaria, and japan. Allied powers (triple entente)- france, britain, and russia empire, italy. Allied powers-britain, france, russia (soviet union), united states.