World Wars Compared - Results

1. World Wars Compared
RESULTS

2. Results of Both Wars
• Death & Destruction!

7. In both wars
…
• Maps
redrawn
• “Losers”
lost some
territory,
colonies,
and
military
1914

8. 1946

9. • Changed political structures
–Expanded power of
government

10. • International organizations were
created – League of Nations, UN, World
Bank, Geneva Convention
• New powers emerged – the U.S. in both
wars, Japan after WWI, Soviet Union after WWII

11. • Changed societies
– Women gained power
– Colonial subjects
pushed for
independence

12. Western European superiority
was questioned
• Independence movements
grew in European-held colonies
– India, SE Asia, and Africa

14. • New technology
and inventions

15. • Results for WWI only • Results for WWII only

16. Results of WWI
• Losers were punished more severely
(reparations & territorial loss)

17. Results of WWI
• 1918 Influenza Pandemic
• Chemical Weapons were
outlawed.

18. Results of WWI
• Russian Revolution and Civil War

19. Results of WWII
• Trials for War
Crimes
• Migration of
people

20. Results of WWII
• U.S. prosperity & power

21. Results of WWII – The Cold War
Rivalry
between
the U.S.
and
Soviet
Union.

22. Results of WWII
• Tension
remained
between Japan
and China
• Continued Arms
race – nuclear
weapons