Day: April 24, 2020

“After achieving independence from foreign colonial rulers, the new African nations faced several problems impeding their development which were mostly similar in nature.” Discuss with the help of examples. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: After achieving independence. the new African nations faced similar problems which impeded their development: (a) Tribal differences They each contained a number of different […]

Consider the view that if Gorbachev had followed different policies, the USSR could have survived, in the same way that communism survived in China. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans:      Many believe that Russian communism could have survived if Gorbachev had followed different policies and that if the USSR had followed the. same path as China. This argument is […]

Q. “Until December 1941 the battlefield of the Second World War was exclusively European and Atlantic; thereafter it became also Asiatic and Pacific.” Comment. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The Second World War was fought between axis powers (Germany, Italy and Japan) and allied powers (Britain, France and U.S). It started in September 1939 and ended in August 1945 […]

Q. One of the most important impacts of the Second World War was the “division of Europe”, eastern and western. Comment. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: Division of Europe was a product of the basic change in power equation after the war giving birth to cold war era. The division of Europe into western and eastern part was […]