<span>It was Article 231 that came to be called the War Guilt
clause that held Germany responsible for causing the war. It humiliated the Germans and they were very
angry about it. It also forced the
Germans to pay for damages caused by the war.
This bitter resentment among the Germans would later be used by Adolf
Hitler to rally the German people under his leadership and led to the rise of
Nazism in Germany. When Hitler assumed
power, he began invading one country after another which led to World War II.</span>
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The policy of detente aimed at reducing tensions between the two nations while ensuring that soviet adventurism was still checked. it contributed to the easing of tensions and increased trade between the two nations. it was however criticized in the USA by conservatives as too lenient a policy. the detente broke down when the soviet union attacked Afghanistan.
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European leaders might have diverted attention away from internal dissent and problems by rallying their nations to the cause of war.
The nations of Europe were struggling to adjust to societal changes brought on by industrialization. There were workers strikes and rising socialist movements that caused internal tensions between the ruling classes and the working class. In some parts of Europe, such as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, nationalistic fervor by different ethnic groups was causing unrest within their borders also. Solving a nation's internal problems posed great difficulties. It was easier to point to other nations as the great threat and problem to their people's security. It seemed to leaders that "prosecuting an active foreign policy" (as some Austrian leaders put it) was a way to suppress internal domestic troubles.
