Nationalism and Global Relations: 1919-1945

Nationalism in the Twentieth Century In the world of the twentieth century there was an increased change towards a sense of nationalism in many countries around the world. There was a big change during this time because of the changes made during both World Wars and the effects of what happened after them. Looking at the world from the end of World War I and the end of World War II there is an immediate difference between the two worlds. From 1919 to 1945 there was a difference in not only how people acted but there was a difference in the way that situations were handled between different countries. The country relations were different from 1919 to 1945 because many of the leaders of each country felt differently at the end of each war.

Looking back at the twentieth century and looking at the differences from 1919 to 1945 there was a big difference between the two worlds. After World War I relations between each country wasn’t bad or good. There wasn’t a lot of bad feelings after World War I and the issues that causes the war was resolved for the most part. Germany was the only country who was still really sour about the outcome of the first world war. After World War I there was what historians called the Interwar years. This was the period from 1918 to 1939 and was the period between both world wars. During this time there was a lot of advancements not only in the military but also in the different countries economies. During this time the United States went through a ten year period of the 1920’s and then went through a terrible depression. The British during this time dealt with uprisings from their different colonies and landholdings around the world. They had people leave their total protection and gain their own forms of parliaments and lost men fighting and dealing with the different uprisings in Ireland, Kenya,