Question

Give Reasons:

Increased Militarism in Europe.

Answer 1

i) After the First World War, a number of nations had installed democratic governments. Although nations like Germany, Poland, Austria had democratic governments, they were weak.

ii) The people were fed up with the democratic experiment because of various political parties, frequent defections, changing ministries, corruption, declining economies and burning questions and issues.

iii) There was a feeling among people that dictators were better than these democratic rules. As a consequence, there rose in the European nations despots like Mussolini and Hitler. They had the opinion that the contemporary issues could only be solved through military means.

iv) This incited military dictatorship causing international conflict.