First and Second World Wars. Silvia Beatriz Tato Zaldivar.

Europe before the First World War.

Allies versus the Central Powers

Allies Central Powers France Germany Great Britain Austria-Hungary Russia Ottoman Empire Italy Bulgary Japan United States

Causes of the First World War

1) Political an military alliances. 2) Arms Race 3) Conflicts in the Balkans 4) Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

Military tactics:

Trenches:

Barbed Wire

Artillery

Machine Guns

Gas Warfare

Tanks

Map of Europe after WWI

Comparison Europe pre and post WWI

Aftermath of the WWI

Causes of the World War II

Irredentist and revanchist nationalism Fascism: Mussolini, Hitler and Franco Remilitarization of Germany Alliances A powerless League of Nations. The imperialism of Japan

The Allies: France, Great Britain, The Axis: Germany, Italy and

Soviet Union, United States, etc. Japan.

The extension of the axis invasions

Comparison Europe pre, post WWII

Consequences of WWII

Occupation Administrations Germany lost ¼ of its territory The creation of the United Nations Germany divided Creation of the Soviet Sphere The Cold War United States and Russia the new super

powers.

Casualties of the WWII

The German Nazis were responsible for The Holocaust, the killing of approximately six million Jews, as well as two million ethnic Poles and four million others who were deemed "unworthy of life" (including the disabled and mentally ill, Soviet prisoners of war, homosexuals, Freemasons, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Romani) as part of a programmed of deliberate extermination. About 12 million, most of whom were Eastern Europeans, were employed in the German war economy as forced laborers.