Behind enemy lines meaning full#

The greater the power, the greater the insecurity. All the powerful countries of the world felt acutely insecure. The War was really a product of mutual threat and suspicion among all the European superpowers from one another.

Behind enemy lines meaning full#

The Second World War was now in full swing between the allied powers (England, France, USA and the USSR) and the axis powers (Germany, Italy and Japan). Japan bombed the USAвЂ™s naval base at Pearl Harbour in 1942 to cripple its navy. This encouraged Japan which had feared threats to its domination in the Pacific Ocean and the South East Asia from the USA. In 1941 he violated the pact and invaded USSR. Hitler had signed a pact with the USSR to neutralise latterвЂ™s opposition to GermanyвЂ™s advances. Hitler made more advances and when he captured Poland, an ally of England, both England and France declared war on Germany. The early conquerors (mainly England and France) were really threatened by late conquerors. Hitler captured Rhineland, Austria and Czechoslovakia. As a result, the 1930s witnessed a new aggression displayed by the losers of the First World War and late entrants in the race for global supremacy. The losers were resentful and belligerent. What was the Second World War all about? The First World War had ended without settling the dispute over who ought to be the rightful master of the planet. It would be no exaggeration to say that the War shaped Independent India in many ways. Yet, no other war fought by India has affected Indian society and politics as profoundly as the Second World War. Strictly speaking, this was not IndiaвЂ™s war it was imposed on her. And so, India being a British colony, became a party to the War, declared by England against Germany in September 1939, much against her wishes. The rest of the world was sucked into these wars among European superpowers, on account of being under their control. Two big wars were fought among the European superpowers, taking as many as 115 million lives. Japan was the last and the only non-European Asian country to join this race.Д¬apturing other countries economically and politically, and using them to enrich oneвЂ™s own economy was a singularly European idea and the world as a whole paid a very heavy cost for this. After all of Asia and Africa had been conquered, the European powers had to fight among themselves to protect oneвЂ™s colonial possessions and encroach upon othersвЂ™. The net result was a search for colonies which were found in Asia and Africa. All the European powers were quick to learn this lesson. In order to conquer other countries, a country needed to possess arms and other modern weapons of destruction. In becoming the first affluent country, England gave a new message to the world - in order to become rich and richer, a country needed wealth and resources which could only be obtained by a conquest over other countries, and by controlling their resources.

This resulted in the creation of wealth and affluence at an unprecedented level. England was the first country in the world to acquire a modern industrial economy, based on growth and the application of science and technology to productive process.