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Escalating aggression
the authoritarian states began a series of hostile attacks against other countries -
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Preparing for war: The formation of alliances
to prevent the USSR from joining forces with France and Great Britain and helping Poland, Hitler signed the Nazi-Soviet pact with Stalin, after which he began the invasion of Poland -
The weakness of the democracies
the Munich Conference was convened by Hitler following protests by France, Great Britain and other power over his policy of expansionism. -
Development of the war
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Axis Victories
-The German army invadedf most of western Europe.
-UK resisted the attack , and _Hitler was forced to abort mission
-in june 1941,Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa -
Why did the Second World War happen?
in March 1938, Germany used military force to occupy Austria (Anschluss) and in
September demanded Czechoslovakia hand over the Sudetenland, which was populated
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The jews and the Holocaust
The concentration camps and particularly the extermination camps were 'factories' of
torture, degradation and death for the prisoners. They were hardly fed or dressed and
forced to perform hard labour, tortured, subjected to medical experiments and murdered.
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political dominance
Germany wanted to impose the Nazis' New Order across Europe. Other countries
became dependent on the Third Reich, in three categories:
-Annexed territories of Nazi Germany (Alsace, Lorraine, Luxembourg, Bohemia, etc.),
which became part of Germany.
-Satellite states. Allies (e.g. Finland) or governments that collaborated with Nazi
occupation (e.g. Vichy France).
-Occupied territories (East Poland, Baltic countries, etc.), which were considered of
minor importance and were mistreated. -
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Allied offensives
-in North Africa, theBritish defeated the Germans at El Almein
-the German assault on Stalingrad was Hitler´s first major failure
- the liberation of Europe was hastened by the Normandy landings by British and American troops, which brouth many soldiers and weaponsd into France -
ffrom peace conferences to confrontation
The three major Allies (Great Britain, the United
States and the USSR) met for the first time at the
Tehran Conference (November 1943), which was
attended by Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin. There, they
took joint military measures to speed up the end of the
war.
The second conference took place in Yalta (February
1945).
The third peace conference was held in Potsdam (August 1945). -
occupation and violence during the war
Germany wanted to impose the Nazis' New Order across Europe. Other countries
became dependent on the Third Reich, in three categories:
-Annexed territories of Nazi Germany (Alsace, Lorraine, Luxembourg, Bohemia, etc.),
which became part of Germany.
-Satellite states. Allies (e.g. Finland) or governments that collaborated with Nazi
occupation (e.g. Vichy France).
-Occupied territories (East Poland, Baltic countries, etc.), which were considered of
minor importance and were mistreated. -
End of the Pacific War
The city of Hiroshima was completely desvastated by an atomic bomb. up to 150000 people died in the explosion, the highest ever casualty rate from a single bomb -
The total war
The two sides in the Second World War were ideological and political enemies. They each
sought objectives that could only be achieved through the destruction of the opposing
side. Peace was not an option, and all possible means were used to emerge victorious. -
Discover
The war, as we have seen, had a profound effect on the everyday lives of
those living in the warring countries. However, the territories occupied by the
Nazis in Europe and the Japanese Empire in Asia suffered political oppression,
ideological persecution and economic exploitation. -
the United Nations
It established the sovereign equality of all member states and promoted the
maintenance of peace (without interfering in countries' internal affairs) and the right of
peoples to self-determination.
Based on these principles, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in
1948, a text that remains hugely important to this day. -
The United Nations today
Encouraging and protecting human rights. The Millennium Declaration was adopted in
2000, establishing goals to reduce poverty, illiteracy and illness, promote equality
between men and women, protect the environment and implement programmes for
developing countries.
