End of World War I Treaty of Versailles

Collapse of the German, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires

Financial losses

Battlefield deaths

Destruction of towns, cities, infrastructure (roads, bridges, factories)

Effects of the list above allowed . . .

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A/The United States to colonize European countries

B/European countries to become easy prey for totalitarian governments

C/Quick rebuilding of European infrastructure following the war

D/Asia to become the richest continent in the world in the decade following World War I