1. A Second Global Conflict and the End of the European World Order
Ryan Harris, Isabella Martinez-Lugo, Cole Hoffer

2. Key Concepts - 6.2 Global Conflicts and Their Consequences
III. Political changes accompanied by demographic/social consequences C. ethnic violence and displacement of peoples IV. Military conflicts occurred on an unprecedented global scale A.ideologies used for purpose of waging war B.sources of global conflict

3. Causes of WWII Social, economic, & political unrest Japan
social tensions => brought on by 1930s Great Depression
Japan
gradual militarization up until 1930s
moderate political parties

4. Causes of WWII China 1920s => nationalistic forces Guomindang party
General Chiang Kai-Shek
unified China
Japanese concern
worried Chinese would resist Jap. control in Manchuria

5. Causes of WWII Japan Germany seized Manchuria => Manchukuo
civ. politicians reluctance of resistance
Germany
change of regimes => more abrupt
Weimar Era => experienced civil war, hyperinflation => social discontent, political turmoil

6. Causes of WWII Nationalist Social Party (Nazi)
gained votes and parliamentary seats
promised: work, political stability
remilitarization program
Hitler => throwback communist power
need to destroy Soviet Empire
systematic dismantling of political system

7. Causes of WWII Italy Western Powers Mussolini inspiration
Hitler
Ethiopia bombing
fascists => cruel use of weaponry
Germany+Italy=intervened in
Spanish civil war
Western Powers
refused to fight

8. Unchecked Aggression Totalitarian states => unchecked aggression
WWII - Sept. 1st, 1939
lack of outside intervention
Winston Churchill => inevitability of war
Japanese - first move
invasion of Manchuria
draconian reprisals

9. Unchecked Aggression Tripartite pact - not signed until 1940 Hitler
nonaggression pact with Stalin
invasion of Poland days after
Britain & France joined war

10. World War II: 1939-1941 Europe Japan Nazi Blitzkrieg
France taken in 1940
Britain holds out
Battle of Britain
Mid 1941: Germany controls most of Europe and Mediterranean
After Britain → Nazi’s turn south and east
Japan
Engaged in major war with China
Attacks Pearl Harbor (1941)
Allows for further expansion into Southeast Asia
US enters war

12. WWII: 1941-1945 Europe Germany invades Soviet Russia
Russians able to stop German advance
Stalingrad
Late 1944: Red Armies capture Eastern Europe
US and allies invade from West
Normandy
Battle of the Bulge
Early 1945: Allied armies enter Western Germany

13. WWII: 1941-1945 Japan Army was highly vulnerable → too spread out
Tried to colonize Asia
Met with resistance
Naval Battles
Battle of Coral Sea & Midway Island
1944: US within striking distance
Atomic Bomb
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Japan Surrenders

14. Nazi War Against the Jews
Wannsee Conference (1942)
“Final Solution”
Destruction of Jews becomes policy of the Reich
Genocide increased as Nazi’s started losing war
Vital resources used for concentration camps
Those fit were forced to work
Those unfit were killed
12 million killed → Holocaust
6 million Jews
Most severe of the 20th C genocides

15. After the War Allies met to create framework for lasting peace
United Nations (UN)
International diplomacy/assistance expand beyond Western Powers
The beginning of the Cold War
Started by debates on post war settlement
How much territory should Soviets gain?
Tehran Conference
Allies invade France instead of Mediterranean
Soviets could take Eastern Europe (Balkan Region)
Yalta Conference
Split Germany into 4 zones

16. After the War Conference of Potsdam Soviets gained Poland
Treaties with Axis powers
Results
Japan was occupied by US
Stripped of wartime gains
Korea split
Problems with regaining colonial regimes
Boundaries of Soviet Union moved West
Stage set for two great movements
Decolonization & Confrontation between US and Soviet Union

17. Decolonization Defeat of EU colonies
Harsh regimes and strong demands of Japanese conquerors => desire for self-rule in SE Asia
“Total war” in EU => less desire for colonies
American and Soviet govt's = anti-colonization
Atlantic Charter of 1941 (US-GB)
Result: peaceful gain of independency of many colonies

18. Independence in India Ruled by Britain 1942: Sir Stafford Cripps fails
Quit India Movement
British respond harshly
Communist party and Muslim League supported GB
Muhammad Ali Jinnah => Pakistan
1943-4: inflation + famine = social unrest
1945: Labour party

19. Independence in SE Asia
1947: Partition of Indian subcontinent
British give up power an leave
Religious warring still occurs
Burma and Ceylon
Ruled by British
After India, gained independence peacefully

20. Independence in the Philippines
Ruled by US
Transfer of power to Filipinos before WWII
Loyalty to US during war and resistance to Japanese occupation => easy independence with end of war

21. Last to Gain Independence in Asia
French unwilling to give up Indochina
Pushed out by communist revolution
Dutch unwilling to give up Indonesia
Tried to break up newly formed nation
1949: gave up and left

22. Liberation of Non-Settler Africa
African vets of WWII => new nationalists
Wartime needs => factories => urban workforce
Those unable to find work => disgruntled => become revolutionary
Kwame Nkrumah - British Gold Coast => Ghana
Convention People’s Party (CCP)
1957: recognized as Prime Minister
Brits Leave

23. Independence in Settler Colonies
High EU population => don’t want to leave
No peaceful agreements
Violent revolutions (guerrilla warfare)
Jomo Kenyatta in Kenya
National Liberation Front in Algeria

24. White Supremacy in South Africa
Afrikaners couldn’t go to EU
Afrikaner National Party (30s and 40s) gained total white control
Apartheid - racial segregation system (1948)

25. Conflicting Nationalisms in Mid-East
Arabs vs. Israelis vs. Palestinians
Holocaust => Israel (Jewish homeland)
Piece of Palestine => Israel
Palestinians not happy
Rise of Israel => <100,000 Arab
and Palestinian refugees

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