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impact of world war one
Estimated 15-20 million deaths (civilian and military), as well as 23 million wounded soldiers
Estimated 15-20 million deaths (civilian and military), as well as 23 million wounded soldiers
Almost a whole generation of young men lost to war
Immediately after the war, a pandemic (Spanish Flu) started, killing another 20-50 million, infecting 1/3 of the world’s population
More than 65 million men fought in the First World War; over eight million of them were killed. In addition, nearly nine million civilians died - from starvation, disease, artillery fire and air raids. Twelve million tons of shipping were sunk.
In France and Belgium, where most of the war was fought, 300,000 houses, 6,000 factories, 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometres) of railway, 2,000 breweries and 112 coal mines were destroyed.
The human cost of the war - in terms of damaged minds and bodies, and ruined lives – was beyond calculation. In some ways, mankind has never recovered from the horrors of the First World War.
American's attitude
Americans did not like being part of European wars
Their attitude was “isolationism”, other countries should sort their problems out
One way in which the Depression affected world peace was by causing unrest among the people of many countries due to unemployment
In Germany, six million out of a population of sixty-four million were without work by 1933.
Where there was mass unemployment, people blamed their governments for what had happened.
Desperate for food and work, people often gave their support to extreme political parties which promised to help them if elected to power.
As we shall see, in Italy, Germany and Japan this led to the collapse of democratic governments.
In their place, anti-democratic governments came to power
They quickly started to act aggressively towards other countries in an attempt to improve the situation in their own country.
elements of fascism
Social Darwinism – survival of the fittest (used incorrectly!), some races are naturally fitter, better than others, the weak should die
Emphasis on the state over the individual
National or cultural purity through removing modern ideas and foreign elements
Women return to family roles
Hostile to capitalism and democracy, in open conflict with communism
hitlers aims
To unite German speaking people
He wanted lebensraum (living space) in order to gain self-sufficiency
To rearm Germany
elements of communism
Believes liberal democracy is a lie because the wealthy have
more rights, power and influence
Enemies of fascists
Get rid of private property – resources are owned by everyone in common, not hoarded by the rich
Eliminate social classes – the owner of a company who makes all the profits vs. the workers who produce profit through work
road to ww2
In the 1920s, good times were had by all, including Germany. It was a time of booming economies, flappers, jazz, mafia men, drinking and partying
However, the 1920s were not perfect (racism, Christians banning alcohol).
After the stock market crash in 1929, and the Great Depression in the ’30s, people suffered terribly and looked for new leadership. Hitler used this to take power. (Think Trump in modern-day America.)
end of the war
WWI officially ended on November 11th 1918. On this day Germany surrendered and signed an armistice with the allies - Britain, France & US.
They all had very different ideas about what to do with the Central Powers (Germany).
the big three
The Allies: Britain, France and the United States of America all wanted Germany to suffer consequences for their involvement in WWI.
however, they all wanted to punish Germany differently. Some wanted harsher penalties than others.