at are the consequences of the second world war
The following points may help you:
Reasons:
a. Resentment against the Treaty of Versailles which was very harsh and humiliating for Germany followed the rise of Hitler.
b. Failure of League of Nations which failed to prevent the outbreak of the second World war.
c. Formation of alliances- Allied powers formed by UK, France, Russia and US and axis powers between Germany, Italy and Japan.
d. Rise of race for armaments
e.Attack on Poland by Germany which proved to the immediate cause of the war.
Course of the Second World War:
a. The attack on Poland instigated Britain , France to declare a war on Germany.
b. Another major event associated with war was the Blitzkrieg in 1940, which involved Germany's attack on Norway, Denmark, Belgium and driving the allied forces back against the English channel.
c. Germany's invasion of Russia in 1941, though it never succeed in capturing Moscow.
d. US entry into the war with the attack on Pearl harbour by Japanese forces in December 1941.
e. The successful campaigns of the Allied forces in the Mediterranean overthrowing Mussolini's government in Italy.
f. The Battle of Stalingrad and the glorious victory of the Soviet army against the Germans marked the turning point in the war.
g. Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki formally ended the war.
Consequences of the Second World War:
a. The outbreak of Second World War brought further changes in the global politics. This time Post War settlement was based on the fact that the Britain had emerged as the second rate power.
b. US and USSR emerging as the super powers, who later got involved in the Cold War that defined much of the 20 th century world politics.
c. Even though the previous International body had failed to prevent the outbreak of the Second World War countries restored their confidence on such bodies and established UN to prevent the nation from the scourge of war.
d. The Second World War also ushered an era of liberation of colonies from the foreign yoke and the post war witnessed decolonization in Asia and Africa on a large scale.
e. The rise of post war settlement to ensure economic stability and employment as it culminated in the Bretton Woods system which provided for the establishment of IMF and World Bank to deal with external deficits of its member states.