World War II Mr. Owen AP World Spring 2012. Road to War in Asia Japanese aggression in China 1937: major attack on the Chinese heartland started WWII.

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World War II Mr. Owen AP World Spring 2012

Road to War in Asia Japanese aggression in China 1937: major attack on the Chinese heartland started WWII in Asia 1940–1941: Japan launched conquest of European colonies (Indochina, Malaya, Burma, Indonesia, and the Philippines ) July 1941: U.S. imposes oil embargo on Japan Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor

The Road to War in Europe Britain, France, and the USSR were unwilling to confront German aggression Appeasement War was perhaps actually desired by the Nazi leadership Germany quickly gained control of most of Europe Germany ’s new tactic of blitzkrieg was initially very successful

World War II: The Outcomes of Global Conflict An estimated 60 million people died in WWII USSR suffered more than 40 percent of the total number of deaths China also suffered massive attacks on civilians in many villages, every person and animal was killed the Rape of Nanjing (1937–1938): 200,000–300,000 Chinese civilians were killed; countless women were raped Indiscriminate Bombing

World War II: The Outcomes of Global Conflict The Holocaust: 6 million Jews were killed in genocide WWII left Europe impoverished its industrial infrastructure in ruins, millions of people homeless or displaced Weakened Europe could not hold onto its Asian and African colonies WWII consolidated and expanded the communist world

World War II: The Outcomes of Global Conflict WWII consolidated and expanded the communist world Growing internationalism Creation of the United Nations (1945) The new dominance of the United States as a global superpower

The Recovery of Europe Europe recovered in the second half of the twentieth century. How Europe recovered: Industrial societies are very resilient The major states of Western Europe integrated their recovering economies An extension of European civilization existed: the United States The United States took the initiative to rebuild Europe : The Marshall Plan Japan underwent a parallel recovery process.