the population than in the past. million had died in four years, while more than twice as many were wounded, and many crippled for life. Millions more had succumbed to the worldwide influenza of . The outcome, in all countries, was imbalance between the sexes—a shortage of men.
Soldiers came to be placed above civilians. The War and its aftermath turned out to be a stirring period of history. The most striking of all was the rise and consolidation of the Soviet Union, the U.S.S.R or the Union of Socialist and Soviet Republics, as it was called. America entered the War as a debtor country but it emerged as the money-lender to the world in the aftermath of the War.
Another outstanding event of this period was the awakening of the colonies and their inspired attempts to gain freedom. Mustafa Kemal Pasha played a remarkable role for Turkey’s rebirth as a nation. Kemal Pasha modernised Turkey and changed it out of all recognition. Impact on India The First World War had a significant impact on India.
The British recruited a vast contingent of Indians to serve in Europe, Africa and West Asia. After the War, the soldiers came back with new ideas which had an impact on the Indian society. India contributed £ million in cash and over £ million in loans towards war expenses. India also sent war materials to the value £ million.
This caused enormous economic distress. There were grain riots as poor people looted shops. Towards the Outbreak of World War I and Its Aftermath account of industrialisation were aggrieved as they got very low wages. Role of Revolutionaries The spread of revolutionary ideas among the intelligentsia and their repression by the Tsar’s government made the socialistically inclined students to carry their propaganda to the peasantry.
Soon, based on the Marxist philosophy, new ideas began to take shape and a Social and Democratic Labour Party was formed. Autocracy of the Tsar Tsar Nicholas II of Romanov dynasty had little experience of