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Which was an effect of the Italian and German dictatorships on the wider world?
AThe League of Nations was weakened
BIndustries developed across Europe
CAfrica was colonised for the first time
DMilitary alliances were first formed
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. The League of Nations was weakened
1. The question asks for effects of the dictatorships, not their causes and not the earlier unifications.
2. Both regimes pursued expansionist policies that the League of Nations proved unable to check.
3. Each unpunished aggression weakened the League further, until it lost credibility entirely.
4. The dictatorships also destabilised democracy, spread extreme nationalism, and led towards the Second World War.
5. Industrial development, the colonisation of Africa and the first military alliances belong to the earlier unification period, and confusing the two was a recorded error.
_Source: NECTA ACSEE 2023 History 112/2, Question 3: The rise of dictatorships in Italy, Germany and Japan_