BF2S Forums What episode in the last 100 yrs had the greatest impact on the World?

Probably the Cold War.

Or as some_random_panda said the internet.

ELITE-UK wrote:

Id say WW2 or the Internet.

I'd say WW2 but 9/11 and the war on terror is goign to take some nasty turns if we get to invade Iran

Now, when I first saw the thread title I was going to answer Star Wars: Episode 4 - however, now for a sensible answer.

What episode in the last 100 yrs had the greatest impact on the World?

Wwi    0%    0% - 0
The October Revolution (USSR)    10%    10% - 1
Treaty of Versailles    10%    10% - 1
Great Depression    0%    0% - 0
Wwii    50%    50% - 5
The Creation of Israel    0%    0% - 0
The Cold War    20%    20% - 2
The Vietnam War    0%    0% - 0
9/11 and the War on Terror    0%    0% - 0
Other    10%    10% - 1

WW1
Fair enough, brought home the impact of modern warfare and the destruction it could cause and the death totals were huge.

October Revolution
This is colossal as it brought about a (debatable) end to WW1 sooner than would've done - and possibly, not by design however, an Allied victory. Russians absent from the ToV, a good thing as if the Allies had won with Russia still in the war (I'd say not - debatable) they'd have demanded so much and wouldn't have laid off like Britain and America did (to a lesser extent, France - they took their own action to get what they wanted). It also created a strong oppositon for the Nazis in WW2 and led to their defeat. It brought about one of the two key nations of the Cold War. It helped bring about Korea (Chinese and Korean followed in Communistic footsteps, even though East-Asian Communism was different to Soviet Communism) and Vietnam war. They even helped cultivate hatred of superpowers in the Middle-East - Afgahnistan etc (although, to be fair, the British had done a pretty good job of that themselves) - and so could be said to have a hand in terrorism. And it continues to have repercussions to this day as it has changed American foreign policy and has formed the Russia of today with huge influence.
That is why I voted for this.
EDIT: As Surge pointed out above, this led to the Cold War and technological advancements, such as the internet which we all hold so dear.

Treaty of Versailles
Led to fragile German and conditions for Hitler and the Nazis. 'nuff said.

Great Depression
Bound to happen, may again sometime soon. Didn't have such drastic consequences in the end - WW2 picked the USA right back up.

WW2
See above, Russia - led to atomic-bomb and further hostilities of USA and USSR.

Creation of Israel
Friction between West and Middle-East, to this day. Showed a hurried solution to a problem which has never worked and possibly never will.

The Cold War
See above - just heightened the situation, nothing spectacular.

The Vietnam War
" - and showed America's crap foreign policy and stubbornness, futile in the end.

9/11 and War on Terror
See above - we're yet to see the full repercussions of this.

Other
Could be anything.

Last edited by TheDarkRaven (2007-12-02 03:40:23)

Vilham wrote:

Seeing as WWI pretty much started that long chain of events...

yeah

I'd say it's the whole era of dictators. This includes Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin... And a couple of other guys that I won't name right now. It's hard to believe that it was only about 50 years ago, and shows how easily things can turn around in a dire situation. I think it's made us reconsider the way politics work in our respective countries, and will keep it from happening again in the near future. Also, it was very detrimental to all the countries' economies, and has had long lasting effects.

So, I'm not sure if this goes into WWI, because I think it's much larger than that.

-konfusion

WWI

It made the communists exist, made America rich, made Europe poorer than the US, created the Nazi party etc etc...

nighthawk843 wrote:

TheDarkRaven wrote:

WW1
Fair enough, brought home the impact of modern warfare and the destruction it could cause and the death totals were huge.

The influence of WW1 is dramatic. Certainly its outcome paved the way for WW2. The diplomatic and political strivings of the victorious nations at the end of WW1 had a massive effect on the creation of nations which are at the heart of political issues today.

Indeed I would group the October Revolution into WW1 because it was as a direct result of Germany allowing Lenin to return to Russia at the right time, that the uprising took place. That shaped the Communist Russia which was to play such an integral part to the latter half of the 20th Century. It was on the bedrock of this Communist movement that Stalinism was born. Similarly the depression in Germany was equally attributed to the economic impact of WW1.

You seem to forget the entire socio-political background to WW1 preferring, like most people who haven't read into the subject, to focus on the war as just 'war'. WW1 is far more influencial in shaping todays world than most people think. They seem to forget it in favour of events like the Cold War and WW2, certainly this is not a misconception, but rather because of the advert of the newsreal and a more influencial media.

I must apologise - I didn't intend to convey misconception of WW1, I just feel that the October Revolution was more influential in shaping the events of the finalé of WW1 and the events to follow. And indeed, I just had to complete coursework on socio-political effects of WW1 (sadly only on women in Britain rather than at a broader aspect) - and I know it brought some radical changes whilst some things gained by people in WW1 were lost in the aftermath. Sure, WW1 changed a lot of things - but many of them changed right back at its conclusion.
I would not group the October Revolution with WW1 as although there may have been unrest in all of countries at war only Russia actually had any radical political change - it had different circumstances (okay, Germany did at the end of the war - but that's because they were being destroyed and the Kaiser had fowled the situation). Thus, I can't say this can be attributed to WW1 and list it as a separate and more important event.

some_random_panda wrote:

The creation of "other".






Nah, the internet...it doesn't really fit into any of the categories.

Without the internet, none of you would have met me!
THAT GOES FOR YOU TOO COMMIE KILLER.

Last edited by Bf2-GeneralArnott (2007-12-02 06:40:38)

WW1, WW2 was just a continuation of hostilities.

you couldnt have had any of these events without ww1 occurring. thats a lot of impact.

I think it was the series finale of MASH