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Events leading to the World War I
Indirect Causes
* Ethnic and political rivalries
- Increasing nationalist sentiment cause anxiety in imperial countries such as England, France, Ottoman Empire, and Austria-Hungary that faces nationalism movement.
- The rise of ethnic nationalism coincided with the growth of Serbia, where anti-Austrian sentiment was perhaps most fervent. [...]
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The World War II
Essential Knowledge
Causes of World War II
• Political instability and economic devastation in Europe resulting from World War I
– Worldwide depression
– High war debt owed by Germany
– High inflation
– Massive unemployment
• Rise of Fascism
– Fascism is a political philosophy in which total power is given to a [...]
