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The Age of Conflict (1901–1949) 2 - Coggle Diagram
The Age of Conflict (1901–1949) 2
TOTALITARIANISM
WWI trauma + economic depression → rise of totalitarian regimes
Fascist dictatorship in Spain by Francisco Franco (1939), backed by Mussolini and Hitler
Germany invaded Poland (1 September 1939) → Britain declared war
WORLD WAR II (Part I)
Neville Chamberlain replaced by Winston Churchill (May 1940)
German Luftwaffe bombings on British cities
Japan attacked Pearl Harbour (Dec 1941) → USA entered the war
WORLD WAR II (Part II)
Allied landing in Sicily (1943)
D-Day: Allied troops landed in Normandy (6 June 1944)
Japan refused surrender
President Truman ordered atomic bombs
Hiroshima and Nagasaki destroyed → war ended
THE POST WAR YEARS (UK)
In 1917, royal family name changed to Windsor
Edward VIII became king (1936) → abdicated
George VI ruled (1936–1952)
Beveridge Report (1942) proposed welfare measures
School reform, full employment, Family Allowance Act
National Insurance Act → aid for sick and unemployed
NHS Act → free healthcare for all
Key industries nationalised
THE POST WAR YEARS (International)
Post-war Europe devastated
Gradual collapse of the British Empire
Independence of India (1947)
Formation of the British Commonwealth of Nations
Nationality Act (1948) → Commonwealth citizens could live and work in the UK
Marshall Plan (1948) by President Truman to rebuild Europe
NATO founded (1949) → alliance against Soviet bloc
Warsaw Pact founded in 1955 by the USSR and allies