WWI

- WWI

World War I left an interesting legacy that has been debated time and time again by historians and lay men alike . Many have argued that the war caused quite a few countries to have broad changes and left the culture right for World War II a few years later . For some countries that were involved in the war , the legacy that it left behind was very interest and could be described as mixed . Some good things came about as a result of the fighting , while some countries suffered the costs that

the war presented all across Europe . Ultimately , those differences combine to create the legacy and shape the memories that people hold about World War I

The immediate costs of the war were and remain easy to measure Hundreds of thousands of people were killed , with both civilian and military casualties being extremely high for just about every country involved . This was evidenced nowhere more clearly than in Germany , where more than 1 ,000 ,000 people were thought to have died as a result of the fighting . One of the primary aspects of the war 's legacy that must be addressed is the fact that Germany was hit much harder than any other nation involved . Not only did they lose many lives , but they also had economic and social consequences to face . During World War I , Germany was put under a blockade by its enemies , meaning that ships could not come into Germany to make deliveries . When the war ended , this blockade was not lifted . According to the Armistice with Germany from 1918 , The blockade remains in effect . All German ships to be captured (German Government . This left Germany without any way to get food , causing more pain and setting Germany up for the social movements that would eventually lead to World War II

Germany was also forced to deal with serious economic consequences They were made to pay 6 .6 billion in reparations to those countries that it wronged . That , coupled with the cost of the war , put Germany in a very difficult position economically . Without any real hope of bringing their economy out of the doldrums , Germany was left open to new , progressive thinking , which came from the Nazi party . Germany had been stripped down to the bare bones , so they were looking for someone to blame and someone to lead them . Hitler and his fellow leaders provided both of those , blaming the problems of Germany on the rest of the world and giving the Germans a hope for the future . It is well documented in history that the Nazi party did not turn out well for Germany , nor for the rest of the world

Another extremely important resulting action that came from World War I was the Russian revolution . Directly following the war , much of Eastern Europe was hit with a large amount of communist thinking . In Russia this meant a complete change in government philosophy . Though it may not have happened immediately following World War...