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What was Imperialism? How did Imperialism help contribute to both of the World Wars?

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Imperialism is a system where one powerful nation occupies, controls and exploits smaller nations.

Step-by-step explanation:

In most cases, the imperial nation is euphemistically referred to as the ‘mother country’. It establishes control over its colonies against their will – for example, through infiltration and annexation, political pressure, war or military conquest. Once control is established, this territory is claimed as a colony.

Ww1 : The expansion of European nations as empires (also known as imperialism) can be seen as a key cause of World War I, because as countries like Britain and France expanded their empires, it resulted in increased tensions among European countrie

Ww2: In Germany, Hitler and his National Socialist Party rose to power, and their main idea of Nazism became the basis of German imperialism. ... It was Hitler's desire to expand his country and establish an extensive empire of “living space” (lebensraum) in Eastern Europe.

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