What was the most profound effect of the world war I? what was the only explanation for the horrors of the war

Question

What was the most profound effect of the world war I? what was the only explanation for the horrors of the war

Answer 1

World War 2. Germany was made bitter by an arbitrary surrender made by the German high command (tactically it was a stalemate). After the war the allies exacerbated the situation by making Germany pay huge reparations in money and territory. This allowed a man like Hitler to gain the chancellorship under the National Socialist German Workers’ Party party (n**i).

As for the horrors.

The casualties were caused by the clash of old school tactics and new technology (machine guns kill faster). Plus desperation by leaders at the stalemate.

Answer 2

The most profound effect of World War 1 was World War 2. The Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War 1 caused Germany to pay war reparations that ultimately bankrupted their economy and led Germans to support the n**i Party.

Answer 3

There were several profound effects of World War I.

World War I was a global war which took place primarily in Europe from 1914 to 1918.  

Over 40 million casualties resulted, including approximately 20 million military and civilian deaths.  Over 60 million European soldiers were mobilized from 1914 to 1918.

The First World War began as a clash of 20th century technology and 19th century tactics, with inevitably large casualties.  By the end of 1917, however, the major armies, now numbering millions of men, had modernized and were making use of telephone, wireless communication, armored cars, tanks, and aircraft.  Infantry formations were reorganized, so that 100-man companies were no longer the main unit of maneuver. Instead, squads of 10 or so men, under the command of a junior NCO, were favored.   Artillery also underwent a revolution.

No other war had changed the map of Europe so dramatically — four empires disappeared: the German, Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman and the Russian.  Four defunct dynasties, the Hohenzollerns, the Habsburg, Romanovs, and the Ottomans together with all their ancillary aristocracies, all fell after the war.  Belgium was badly damaged, as was France with 1.4 million soldiers dead, not counting other casualties.  Germany and Russia were similarly affected.  The war had profound economic consequences.  In addition, a major influenza epidemic that started in Western Europe in the latter months of the war, killed millions in Europe and then spread around the world.  Overall, the Spanish flu killed at least 50 million people.  

The end of World War I set the stage for other world conflicts, some of which are continuing into the 21st century.  World War II (resulted in 61 million dead) and the Israel/Middle East crisis came into play.  Previous to the end of fighting in the war, the Ottoman Empire had maintained a modest level of peace and stability throughout the Middle East.  With the end of the war and the fall of Ottoman government, power vacuums developed and conflicting claims to land and nationhood began to emerge.  Sometimes after only cursory consultation with the local population, the political boundaries drawn by the victors of the First World War were quickly imposed, and in many cases are still problematic in the 21st century struggles for national identity.  While the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I was a pivotal milestone in the creation of the modern political situation of the Middle East, including especially the Arab-Israeli conflict, the end of Ottoman rule also spawned lesser known disputes over water and other natural resources.