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How Did World War 1 Improve The World

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World War one was a very devastating and tragic war that resulted in many lost lives. The war effected the lives, economy, of many people around the world. The “Great War” as many called was a war that changed history as it evolved the nation and the world to drastically change the ways they have known for so long. Many lessons were learned that came to improve the world. Before World War One the world was vastly different in many ways. All the nations were creating alliances with one another and they were all expanding on their military and trying to expand on their land of power. Most militaries were built around alliances with other countries so they had each others protection since they all were all looking for pretext to start a war with one another. What sparked the world war was when …show more content…

Germany lost Alsace-Lorraine to France and Eupen-Malmédy to Belgium. Plebiscites caused Northern Schleswig to be ceded to Denmark and Silesia to be ceded to Poland. To create Poland, it lost a vast chunk of its eastern portion, whilst its city of Danzig, now Gdansk, as well as its surrounding area, became a League of Nations-administered city. Italy gained Trieste. New Guinea was seized by Australia, whilst the German Pacific Islands and Tsingtao were captured by Japan. German East Africa was split between Britain, Portugal and Belgium. Britain also gained German Southwest Africa. German and Austro-Hungarian concessions in China were also seized by Entente forces. Poland was created from lands lost from Austria, Russia and Germany, whilst Ukraine, Lithuania and the Baltic States all gained independence (although the Soviet Union overran Ukraine by 1920). Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia were created, and Austria and Hungary split The Ottoman Empire, joined the Central Powers, dissolved completely after the war and formed the modern-day nation states of the Middle East. Some of the borders that formed now are still in

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