International Relations Between Two World Wars-II Mussolini’s foreign policy In the early days of Mussolini’s regime (he came to power in 1922), Italian foreign policy seemed rather confused: Mussolini knew what he wanted, which was ‘to make Italy great, respected and feared’, but he was not sure how to achieve this, apart from agitating for …
International Relations Between Two World Wars-I International relations between the two world wars fall into two distinct phases, with the division at January 1933, the fateful month in which Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany. Before that, there seemed reasonable hope that world peace could be maintained, in spite of the failure of the …
World Wars, League of Nations The origins of the League of Nations The League of Nations was an intergovernmental organisation founded on 10 January 1920 as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. It was the first international organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. selfstudyhistory.com The …
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World War-I: the Versailles Settlement The Versailles Settlement ( aka Paris Peace Conference) The war came to an end on 11 November 1918 with the surrender of Germany. At the end of the First World War the victorious Allied Powers met in Paris in 1919 to arrange the terms of peace. The Paris Peace Conference, …
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World War-I: Impact of the World War I Impact of the World War I The impact of the war was extraordinarily wide-ranging, which was not surprising given that it was the first ‘total war’ in history. This means that it involved not just armies and navies but entire populations, and it was the first big …
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Course of the World War-I The two opposing sides in the war were The Allies or Entente Powers: Britain and her empire (including troops from Australia, Canada, India and New Zealand) selfstudyhistory.com France Russia (left December 1917) Italy (entered May 1915) Serbia Belgium Romania (entered August 1916) USA (entered April 1917) Japan The Central Powers: …
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Causes Of The World War I Immediate cause of the war: The immediate cause of the war was the bitter enmity between Austria and Serbia in the Balkans leading to murder of Archduke Francis, the nephew of the Austrian Emperor and heir of throne in Serajevo by a Bosnian. selfstudyhistory.com Austria by annexing Bosnia and …
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World War-I: Circumstances and events leading to war The First World War is one of the most significant events in the history of the world. The typology of this war was of a qualitatively different kind and of a greater magnitude than any war which preceded it. More important than the military significance of the …
Q. Give an account of the achievements of India in the field of Space Science and Technology. Also highlight the challenges and opportunities for space technologies. [36 Marks] Ans: The achievements of India in the field of Space Science and Technology: India began investing in Space science and technologies in the 1960s. Indian Space Research …
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Q. Write a note on the physiographical division of Bihar. Also discuss the status of different types of natural resources found in Bihar. [38 marks] Ans: Bihar is the twelfth-largest state of India. It’s average elevation of about 150 meters above mean sea level. Bihar has three parts on basis of physical and structural conditions- …
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