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World War II and the World War II and the Cold WarCold War
1937 - 19491937 - 1949
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World War II and the Cold WarPortents of Disaster
• Economists predict disaster soon after signing of Versailles Treaty– Disruptions of food & coal supply– Weight of reparation payments
• Poet William Butler Yeats points to cultural sickness of Europe
• Onset of Depression ten years after treaty
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Contest of the “Isms”: Fascism & Communism
• Italy– Mussolini & followers unsuccessfully seek
electoral wins amidst post-war instability– Fascist thugs then attack a variety of
nationalist enemies, declare a national emergency and “March on Rome”
– Mussolini wins 1924 election with fraud– Support from those who like society without
turmoil
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Contest of the “Isms”: Fascism & Communism
• Germany– Hitler was virulent racist before WWI– Adopted Mussolini model for party after war– Weimar government popular with no one– France reinvades after 1923 reparations
default Hitler attempts putsch to overthrow government Failure leads to jail and manifesto Mein Kampf Blames Jews for German misery
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Contest of the “Isms”: Fascism & Communism
• Germany [cont.]– Nazi party gains votes, 1928-32– Hitler and Nazis asked to join ruling coalition
in 1933 Elitist parties believed they could control Hitler
– Reichstag building burns but new elections leave Nazis short of a majority Declares national emergency and turns thugs
loose to silence opponents and wins desired majority
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Contest of the “Isms”: Fascism & Communism
• Germany [cont.]– Creation of totalitarian state includes
propaganda and paramilitary organizations Racial “science” and worship of pre-Christian gods
– Citizens were intimidated but also attracted to territorial expansion & return of German glory
– Germany and Italy proclaim “axis” in 1936
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Contest of the “Isms”: Fascism & Communism
• Japan– Japan was one of five great powers at
Versailles Gross national income grew 40% 1914-1918 Advanced rapidly by leap-frogging technology Successfully maintained “dual economy”
– Food riots at end of war show vulnerability “Need” colonies for numerous resources
– Zaibatsu control economy by 1920s
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Contest of the “Isms”: Fascism & Communism
• Japan [cont.]– Path to democracy undermined by political
power of zaibatsu– Constitution requires ministries of war and
navy to be in hands of the military– Shinto emphasized divinity of emperor and
importance of samurai– Military seeks to protect resource-poor nation
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The Descent Toward War
• 1920s a time of peace (?)– League of Nations serves as an annual forum– Negotiated limits on navies at Washington– Locarno modifies German debt payments– Pact of Paris (1928) outlaws war– Great Depression and relative ability of
communist and fascist nations to survive while democracies struggle
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The Descent Toward War
• Steps toward war in the 1930s– Japanese seize Manchuria (1931)
Establish Manchuria as puppet state (1932) Opposition at home silenced violently
– Italy invades Ethiopia (1935) League of Nations does not respond
– Civil War in Spain (1936)– Japan invades China proper (1937)
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The Descent Toward War
• Steps toward war in the 1930s [cont.]– Germany rises under Hitler
Withdraws from League of Nations (1933) Saar region forced into pro-German stance (1935) Rearming of Germany begins (1935) Militarization of Rhineland (1936) Formal seizure of Austria (1938) Takeover of Czechoslovakia (1938) Invasion of Poland (1939)
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The Descent Toward War
• The Early Cost of War Technology– National budgets reflect militarization of the
1930s Germany, Japan and USSR spend about 1/4 of
total national income on defense 1938 70% of the Japanese national budget goes to
the military
– Aircraft production skyrockets
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World War II
• The War in Europe, 1939-45– “Phony War” to Spring, 1940--then blitzkieg of
Germans into France– French fall followed by aerial assault on
Britain– USSR-German non-aggression pact ended in
1941 with broad assault into Russia– Germany directs attack to oil fields, 1942– US neutral but implements Lend-Lease plan
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World War II
• The War in the Pacific, 1937-42– Severity of war seen in Rape of Nanjing & the
use of scorched earth tactics by Russia & China
– Tripartite Pact forms “Axis Powers” (1940)– US stays neutral but helpful until December
7th
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World War II
• The War in the Pacific, 1937-42 [cont.]– Churchill: Entry of US “seals” Axis fate– Japanese spread rapidly after Pearl Harbor– Japanese hopes fade--colonies can’t produce
enough for Japan to prosper
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World War II
• Turning the tide, 1942-5– Allied counter-offensive begins in 1942– “2nd Front” for Russia deferred by West– Role of “underground” symbolic not decisive– Bombing of German cities begins (1943)
Dresden hardest hit--necessity of attack debated
– Allied invasion of Sicily (1943)– 2nd front opened on D-Day, June 6, 1944
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World War II
• War in Asia & the Pacific, 1942-5– 1st naval victory in Pacific--Midway Island– Fire bombings of Japan begin (March, 1944)– Atomic bombs end war amid controversy
about necessity of their use 3 million Japanese die in the war 1/4 of national assets were destroyed Industrial production 10% of pre-war levels
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World War II
• Assessing the Results of War– “Total War” meant 50 million dead including
30 million civilians– Japanese model taught Asian colonies that
resistance was not futile
• Technology in the War– Victory tied to ability of victors to produce
more goods in their factories
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World War II
• Women and the War– Mobilization of women in World War II varied
by country Hitler & Mussolini offered women “emancipation
from emancipation” “Rose the Riveter” symbol of women workers in
US
– Return of soldiers brought pressure on women to give up their factory jobs Laid groundwork for “new feminism”
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World War II
• Horrors of War– Holocaust and atomic warfare
Genocide built on anti-Semitism to seek obliteration of a people
Atomic bomb was a new, higher level of destructive power in world history• Necessity of dropping the bombs remains controversial
today. – Racist? – Saved lives?
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The Image of Humanity
• World War challenged idea of West as region of progress through rationalism– Gandhi– Freud– Picasso– Eliot– Wiesel– Japanese Peace Memorials
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United Nations, Postwar Recovery & Origins of Cold War
• The United Nations– Goal: “to save succeeding generations from
the scourge of war”– General assembly gives every nation a voice– Security Council can dispatch peace keepers – Other organizations provide variety of
humanitarian services– Founded 1945 by 50 countries
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United Nations, Postwar Recovery & Origins of Cold War
• Resettlement– Millions of individuals, displaced by war, had
to be returned to their home nations Surrendered/captured soldiers were far from home Civilians had followed armies, settled new lands or
fled in the face of war
– US developed GI Bill of Rights to ease return of soldiers to civilian life and to reward them for their service
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United Nations, Postwar Recovery & Origins of Cold War
• Political Reconstruction: Japan & Germany– Japan
Emperor remains power but no longer sacred Colonial empire was dissolved Land redistribution in Japan Zaibatsu were dissolved Promotion of worker rights Restructured the educational system Economic recovery aided by Korean War
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United Nations, Postwar Recovery & Origins of Cold War
• Political Reconstruction: Japan & Germany– Germany
Divided into four regions of administration Russian occupation harsher than that of others Major war criminals tried at Nuremberg Democracy promoted in western sectors Berlin blockade marked opening of the Cold War
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United Nations, Postwar Recovery & Origins of Cold War
• Economic Reconstruction & the Cold War– Despite devastation, some factories and much
production knowledge remain intact– Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan– Western foreign policy goal of containment– Fear on both sides leads to NATO and other
economic & defensive alliances
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Entering the Second Half of the 20th Century
• World attracted to FDR idea of the Four Freedoms and the Atlantic Charter
• Racism and imperialism a troubling legacy of Europe
• Creation of United Nations offered hope
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Post-war Europe. Western and eastern bloc competition, following their alliance in crushing Nazi Germany, crystallized in the Cold War. The Soviet Union annexed territories in the Baltic states and eastern Poland and set up a string of puppet communist states later known as the Warsaw Pact alliance, from East Germany to Bulgaria. The Western Allies formed the countervailing NATO alliance. The stalemate continued for forty years.