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Globalization Of The World War II

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I, as a citizen, should respond to globalization to a moderate extent. Globalization affects different people in a variety of ways. As a citizen, I believe it is my duty to respond to globalization. Globalization not only affects people as individuals, but people as a whole. For example, both World War I and World War II had as big of an impact as they did because of globalization. There are both negative and positive aspects of this. Because of globalization, countries were able to get the support they needed to help fight for their side. On the contrary, this dragged more countries into the wars, and those wars have lasting effects. Through globalization, World War I has caused permanent income taxes for Canada, World War I lead to World War II, and to this day, people are still dealing with the consequences. Archduke Franz Ferdinand had the throne of Austria in 1914. However, on June 18, 1914, Ferdinand was assassinated by a Serb nationalist. In outrage over Ferdinand’s death, Austria declared war on Serbia. Russia became involved because of an alliance with Serbia. Because Germany had formed alliance with Austria-Hungary, they declared war on Russia. The British Empire, including Canada, became involved on Serbia’s side. By 1917, both revolution and civil war had began in Russia. The United States had joined the war on the side of the British Empire. On November 18, 1918, Germany signed an armistice, thus ending the war. Soldiers went back to their countries, those that

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