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2024Q1(xiv)The Second World War (1939-1945)
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Which of the following is NOT a consequence of the Second World War?

Topic: Consequences of the Second World War

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(a) Austria and Hungary became separate states.

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Austria-Hungary was broken up after the FIRST World War, by the Treaties of Saint-Germain and Trianon in 1919-20 — a quarter of a century before the Second. The other three all followed 1945: the Axis powers were defeated, the United Nations was founded in October 1945, and the USA-USSR rivalry hardened into the Cold War. The pairing to fix: FIRST World War broke up the old empires (Austria-Hungary, Ottoman, Russian, German) and produced the League of Nations; the SECOND produced the UN and the Cold War.

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Austria and Hungary became separate states.

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