World War II

Abovee: Map of World War II

In the aftermath of World War I, the United States attempted to disengage itself from European affairs. The U.S. Senate rejected American membership in the LEAGUE OF NATIONS, and in the 1920s American involvement in European diplomatic life was limited to economic affairs.

Moreover, the United States dramatically reduced the size of its military in the postwar years, a measure widely supported by a public increasingly opposed to war. Events in Europe and Asia in the 1930s and early 1940s, however, made it impossible for the United States to maintain a position of neutrality in global affairs.

War of the Oranges

Above: Map of Piedmont, Italy - battleground during France and Spain conflict

In 1801 a conflict broke out between France and Spain on one side with Portugal on the other. History came to term it as the War of the Oranges

Above: Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte

France under Napoleon Bonaparte, together with Spain, demanded Portugal to enter into an alliance with France. Since the time of the Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1373, Portugal had remained an ally of Britain.

Above: Thousands of French troops led by Napoleon Bonaparte marching for war

WORLD WAR I: THE RISE AND FALL

{mosimage}World War I also called the, “Great War”, began July 28^th 1914. It began with a joint treaty between Austria and Hungary which declared war on Serbia. World War I became a global war which involved many nations.