Why was WWII a turning point in history?

Question

Why was WWII a turning point in history?

Answer 1

Because the germans nearly won the war against Britain.

Answer 2

Becuase of WWII, the United States had a need to develop an atomic bomb, because we were trying to develop it before Germany did. Because the bomb was created and used, after WWII the Cold War began which was an arms race, technology race, and space race between the United States, which stood for democracy, and the Soviet Union, which stood for communism. When the Berlin wall fell in 1989 and virtually ended communism, it was a victory for Democracy.

Answer 3

Because it wore down the resistance of freedom lovers to accept the godless UN shortly after the war.It failed [league of nations]after WW1.

Answer 4

(To complete Hindu Pacifist's answer)

- The end of European domination on the world (end of colonialism).

- War of the masses (mass killing, mass production of weapons). Before WWI, wars we fought only by a portion of the population.

- The beginning of a new world order: the bipolar system (liberal vs communist economies)

- The end of modernity (since then, we say we are in post-modern era). Modernity means the extension of reason (ie. science and technology) to all spheres of activities.  This is both a positive and negative aspect, but we often only recall that technology can eradicate mankind (atomic bomb...).

The Western world before WWI had the monopoly of modern way of life. This ended in 1945.