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Kipseli
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2500 words needed!!!
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greyguy
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In Europe specifically, it would not be too great of a stretch to say that the main reason there was no further significant war after 1945 was the re-division of Germany.
There was no nation of Germany until 1870; only agglomerations of mini-states, duchies, principalities, etc. When Germany emerged as a unified nation during the time of Bismarck, it sprang full-blown as the strongest power on the Continent. The balance of power which had maintained general peace since the Napoleonic Wars was disrupted.
Until 1990, Germany was a united country for only 75 years of history (1870-1945), and during that time Germany started the two biggest wars ever.
The united Germany is a historical aberration. It is the divided Germany that is the historical norm. The reunification of Germany occurred in 1990. Stay tuned.
There was no nation of Germany until 1870; only agglomerations of mini-states, duchies, principalities, etc. When Germany emerged as a unified nation during the time of Bismarck, it sprang full-blown as the strongest power on the Continent. The balance of power which had maintained general peace since the Napoleonic Wars was disrupted.
Until 1990, Germany was a united country for only 75 years of history (1870-1945), and during that time Germany started the two biggest wars ever.
The united Germany is a historical aberration. It is the divided Germany that is the historical norm. The reunification of Germany occurred in 1990. Stay tuned.
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BRP
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The Berlin wall.
USSR and USA were strong enough and balanced well enough to divide Europe between them and enter the cold war phase of pursuing their colonialist agendas in other places around the world. USA invading Asia.
The other feature about the European peace was that the Great European Empires, Germany, France, England and the rest, were bankrupted by the war.
Wars are incredibly expensive, nobody in Europe was in a position to afford another war.
USSR and USA were strong enough and balanced well enough to divide Europe between them and enter the cold war phase of pursuing their colonialist agendas in other places around the world. USA invading Asia.
The other feature about the European peace was that the Great European Empires, Germany, France, England and the rest, were bankrupted by the war.
Wars are incredibly expensive, nobody in Europe was in a position to afford another war.
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ersan b
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i cant do 2500 words but i can sum it up.
europeans came together and said "listen we cant do this again" NATO came together and made sure that a horrible war like this did not happen again.
europeans came together and said "listen we cant do this again" NATO came together and made sure that a horrible war like this did not happen again.