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[echokilo]

Can anyone explain in very simple bullet points each of the following:

A. The reasons for and the key stages of WW 1
B. The reasons for and the key stages of WW 2
C. The background to the issues in Israel, Gaza and the wider middle East

[shoota]

No

[maggiebee]

Without Googling no. But you could do that yourself, so maybe someone with a history background would help.

[MarkRae]

Is this homework?

[chrissa1]

Are these three essays? I don't think anyone could answer your questions quickly.

[DTCwordfan]

A: Land grabbing
B: Land grabbing
C: God.

[Mosaic]

Dt's wrong - C= land grabbing

[dotty.]

EK they are huge questions and even bigger answers, i have 6 books here JUST on WW!!

[VHG]

>A: Land grabbing
>B: Land grabbing

Far too simplistic, it should be

A: Land grabbing
B: We want the land back you took from us at the end of WW1.

[chrissa1]

My point exactly dotty.

[Mosaic]

It's a really big ask Echokilo. Are you going to tell us why you need this, all of a sudden, on a sunday night - because without an explanation it's coming across as a 'do my homework' post, or better still 'I'm a teacher trainee, get me out of here'.

[adrianben]

A. look up the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Sarajevo
B. Check out an Austrian called Shicklgruber
C. Look up Moses

[Mosaic]

Adrianben - Moses don't affect squat now. Look up the Ottoman empire, the British mandate, the Zinoviev letter and Zionism.

[sunny-dave]

Pugh
Pugh
Barney McGrew
Cuthbert
Dibble
Grub ...

[echokilo]

Thank you for your responses .... I really do want just shot explanations .... a little like the way performers have approached Shakespeare's work. Not looking for any detail .... just outlines. Thank you.

[VHG]

>>>A. look up the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Sarajevo

That was just one facet of the start of WW1, perhaps the "last straw".

More of a cause were imperialist egos across all of Europe, including those of Germany, UK, France, Austria/Hungary, Russia, Italy, Ottoman Empire etc.

[VHG]

>>>B. Check out an Austrian called Shicklgruber

Remember a huge part of WW2 took outside Europe, including the Far East, and Japan's pre -war military aims had as much to do with making it a World War as anything Hitler did.

In fact Japan's aggression brought the USA in, making it a true world war.

[seadogg]

Thought it was all to do with alliances and balance of power in WW1.

[shoota]

All of which is why I said 'No - no one can explain in very simple bullet points etc....'

[glasman]

Vhg, Japan didn't invade poland in September '39

[VHG]

>>>Vhg, Japan didn't invade poland in September '39

No, but they were already at war with China in 1937, so it could be said "they started it".