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UNIT 8: THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND DECOLONISATION - Coggle Diagram
UNIT 8: THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND DECOLONISATION
THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Formation of opposing sides
The axis
The allies
Spains position during war
The position of the Allied powers regarding Spain
The blue division
Expansionist policies
Japan expanded territories in Asia
Italy increased its territories in Africa and Europe
Germany progressively occupied the neighbouring territories, breaking the Treaty of Versailles
The development of the War
First phase: Axis offensives in Europe, Africa and Asia (1939-1942)
In Europe, Hitler ordered the invasion of the USSR
In Africa, the Italians attacked the British protectorate of Egypt from Libya
In Asian and the Pacific, japanese invaded the french colonies
Second phase: defeat of the Axis in Africac(1942-1943)
There was a radical change in the balance of power, the Axis suffered its first major defeats
Allied advances in Europe (1942-1945)
The Battle of the Atlantic
The Battle of Stalingrad
Mussolini was dismissed
The conference of Tehran
Third phase: final Allied advances in Asia and the Pacific (1942-1945)
Battle of the Philippine Sea
Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa
Battle of the Coral Sea
Harry Truman authorised the dropping of atomic boms on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Causes
Economic protectionism
Expansionist policies
Nationalist discontent
Appeasement policies
THE ECONOMY AND SOCIETY DURING WAR
The wartime economy
Consumer goods industriesnconcentrated on manufacturing military vehicles
Petroleum extration increased to provide fuel
Atomic bomb was created
Raw materials were overexploted
Life and society during the war
People´s daily lives changed drastically
Countries occupiedd by Germany
Collaborators who supported the Nazis
The number of exiless increased
Resistance movement
Nazis killed Jewish people
PEACE AND THE CREATION OF THE UN
The Potsdam conference (Germany)
The birth of the United Nations
The Yalta Conference (Crimea, USSR)
THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAR
Economic consequences
Air raids, bombardaments and fighting destroyed large areas of farmland, cities and towns
The cost of the war was high in many countries
Political consequences
France and Great Britain lost their position as leading international powers
United States and the USSR were unable to agree on which political system should lead world politics
Totalitarian ans authoritarian regimes in Germany, Italy and Japan were dismantled
Demographic consequences
55 million people died durind war
The greatest losses were among the active population
Territorial consequences
The Allied powers ocuppied areas which has previously belongued to the defeated powers. Europe´s map changed