Was the breakdown of the global multi-polar distribution of power during WWI through WWII (1914€“1945) highly probable?

The
breakdown of the world order between the two world wars was likely if not inevitable. The end of
WWI saw the destruction of the Russian, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian Empires. France and
Britain lost a great deal of their fighting men to the trenches on the Western Front. Russia
would be in near-constant turmoil from 1917€“1924 with civil war. Germany would also suffer
catastrophic losses. All of the European powers affected would lose so much blood and treasure
that keeping up their overseas possessions would be difficult if not impossible.

After WWI the United States, the chief creditor to the victorious Allies, did little
to help Europe rebuild. The European economy sagged between the world wars and it was only hurt
further when the United States underwent a massive economic depression in 1929. The shock of the
losses from WWI combined with economic downturns led to the rise of fascist regimes in Germany
and Italy. Japanese totalitarianism had its roots in anti-colonial backlash...