Road to War in Asia
Japanese aggression in China1937: 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
ConflictAn 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 civiliansin 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
ConflictThe 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
ConflictWWII 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.
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