Question: what were the short and long term effects of world war 1?
Answer: Short-term and Long-term impacts of WW1. The war had serious economic consequences. Of the 60 million European soldiers who were mobilized from 1914 to 1918, 8 million were killed, 7 million were permanently disabled, and 15 million were seriously injured. ... The federal government grew exceedingly as a result of the war.