World Wars ComparedRESULTS

Results of Both Wars• Death & Destruction!

In both wars

…

• Maps

redrawn

• “Losers”

lost some

territory,

colonies,

and

military

1914

1946

• Changed political structures

–Expanded power of

government

• 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

• Changed societies– Women gained power

– Colonial subjects

pushed for

independence

Western European superiority

was questioned

• Independence movements

grew in European-held colonies

– India, SE Asia, and Africa

• New technology

and inventions

• Results for WWI only • Results for WWII only

Results of WWI

• Losers were punished more severely

(reparations & territorial loss)

Results of WWI

• 1918 Influenza Pandemic

• Chemical Weapons were

outlawed.

Results of WWI

• Russian Revolution and Civil War

Results of WWII

• Trials for War

Crimes

• Migration of

people

Results of WWII• U.S. prosperity & power

Results of WWII – The Cold War

Rivalry

between

the U.S.

and

Soviet

Union.

Results of WWII

• Tension

remained

between Japan

and China

• Continued Arms

race – nuclear

weapons