Day: April 24, 2020

Discuss the impact of the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05) on Japan, China and European politics.  ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The Russo-Japanese War developed out of the rivalry between Russia and Japan for dominance in Korea and Manchuria. Victorious Japan forced Russia to abandon its expansionist policy in the Far East, becoming the first Asian power in modern times […]

Give logic for and against the view that Hitler had no clear long-term plans for a major War.  ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: Hitler had a long-term plan for a major war Many historians believe that Hitler intended a major war right from the beginning. They argue that he hated communism and wanted to destroy Russia and control […]

“The great failing of the peace settlement was that it left the Germans with a sense of resentment and grievance but did not leave them too weak to retaliate and seek revenge.” Explain. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: Treaty of Versailles was peace document signed at the end of World War I by the Allied and by Germany in […]

Q. “Several factors worked together to make the League of Nations a failure but calling it complete failure and irrelevant in the world history is unjustified.” Elaborate.  ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The League of Nations was an intergovernmental organisation founded on 10 January 1920 as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World […]

To what extent was the Paris Peace Settlement shaped by the principle of self-determination?  ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The Paris Peace Conference was the meeting of the victorious Allied Powers following the end of World War I to set the peace terms for the defeated Central Powers. The main result was the Treaty of Versailles with Germany […]

“The First World War was a tragedy of miscalculation.” Comment.  ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: There are several reasons which have been suggested for the escalation of the First World War like the Alliance System in Europe, colonial rivalry in Africa and the Far East, naval race between Britain and Germany, economic rivalry, Russian support to Serbia, German […]

“The Balkan Wars (1912-13) did not solve the Balkan problems and were the prelude to the First World War.” Elucidate.  ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: First Balkan War (1912) The First Balkan War started in 1912 and it arose chiefly out of Turkish misrule in Macedonia. The Berlin Settlement had restored Macedonia to the Ottoman Empire but it […]

“The heart of the lamb of Czechoslovakia was butchered in the midnight by a knife supplied by Chamberlin.” Elucidate.  ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: Hitler had decided to destroy Czechoslovakia as part of his Lebensraum (living space) policy, and because he detested the Czechs for their democracy, for the fact that they were Slavs, and because their state […]

“A well-motivated Italian invasion of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) in October 1935 demonstrated the ineffectiveness of the League.” Comment.  ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The Italian involvement in Ethiopia, the only remaining independent state left in Africa, went back to 1896, when an Italian attempt to colonize it had ended in ignominious defeat at Adowa. Mussolini’s motives for the 1935 […]

“The Washington Conference temporarily ironed out differences among the powers over the Far Eastern Question but unwittingly it increased the power of Japan in the Far East.” Elaborate.  ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The Washington Conference (1921–22) was an international conference called by the United States to limit the naval arms race and to work out resolution of […]