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The Age of Conflict (1901–1949) 2 - Coggle Diagram
The Age of Conflict (1901–1949) 2
TOTALITARIANISM
trauma +
rise of totalitarian regimes
dictatorship in
by Francisco Franco (1939), backed by
and
invaded Poland (1 September 1939) →
declared
(Part I)
Neville Chamberlain replaced by Winston Churchill (May 1940)
Luftwaffe
ings on
cities
attacked Pearl Harbour (Dec 1941) →
entered the
(Part II)
Allied landing in Sicily (1943)
D-Day: Allied troops landed in Normandy (6 June 1944)
Japan refused surrender
ordered atomic
Hiroshima and Nagasaki destroyed
THE POST
YEARS (
)
In 1917, royal
name changed to Windsor
became
(1936) → abdicated
ruled (1936–1952)
Beveridge Report (1942) proposed welfare measures
reform, full employment,
Allowance Act
National Insurance Act → aid for
and
NHS Act →
healthcare for all
nationalised
THE POST
YEARS (International)
devastated
Gradual collapse of the
Empire
Independence of
(1947)
Formation of the
Commonwealth of Nations
Nationality Act (1948) → Commonwealth citizens could live and
in the
Marshall Plan (1948) by President
to rebuild
NATO founded (1949) → alliance against Soviet bloc
Warsaw Pact founded in 1955 by the USSR and allies
