World's Military Powers

1. World Powers
• Military forces is:
- Responsible for the
sovereignty, national
security and maintaining
the social order and
safety.
- Figured by armed forces
of a nation including the
army, navy, air force,
marines and so on.
• The world’s 10 most
powerful military ranked
by Global Firepower.

2. World War I (1914-1918)
• The Alliance (UK, France, Russia Empire) vs. the Entene (Germany, Austria-
Hungary)
• Cause:
-The uneven development of imperialist countries
-Conflicts between colonial empires
-Colonial wars broke out widely
• Effect:
-10 million people died
-20 million wounded
-$85 billion for war cost
-the Russian October Revolution marked a major shift in global
circumstances

3. WW1

4. World War 2 (1939-1945)
• The Allies (U.S., Britain, France, USSR, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada,
China, Denmark, Greece, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South
Africa, Yugoslavia) vs. The Axis (Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungary, Romania,
Bulgaria)
• Cause:
- In Europe
+ Germany avoided Versailles Treaty
+ Fascism became common
+ Unstable situations of the Central and Eastern Europe.
- In Parcific Ocean, Japan occupied neighboring states for resources and
hegemony ambition.
• Effect:
- 50-85 mortalities
- 11 millions died for Holocaust
- 1 millions died for strategic bombing
- The Nazi Germany destroyed
- The United Nations formed
- Wonmen’s right enhanced

5. WW2

6. Cold War (1945-1980)
• The USA vs. the Soviet Union
• Cause:
The Soviet Union wanted to widespread communist while the US wanted
to prevent it for Western Europe’s freedom.
• Effect:
+ Both the United States of America and the Soviet Union built up huge
arsenals of atomic weapons
+ The military blocs NATO and the Warsaw Pact were formed
+ The Berlin Wall was destroyed

7. The Iron Curtain
blue = NATO countries
red = Warsaw Pact Countries
green = bloc-free
Grey = neutral
Cold War

8. The Balance of Power
• Many view “balance of
power” as measures of
protecting and
maintaining world
peaceful status
Many others find it as a
cover of the unfair
distribution for benefits
among major powers
toward minor ones.
• Exp: Marshall Plan of
USA