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The Second World War (1939-1945) - Coggle Diagram
The Second World War (1939-1945)
Causes
Creation of alliances
Axis Powers
It was Germany, Italy and Japan and they had expansionist projects
Allies
It was Great Britain, France and the United States They had policies of appeasement in the face of conflicts
The national sentiment of the Germans was humiliated after the Treaty of Versailles
The invasion of Poland (01/09/1939) caused the outbreak of World War II
Phases of the war
Axis offensives (1939-1942)
Invasion of the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France(North and West): It was in May 1940
Battle of Britain (aviation)/Atlantic (sea): It was between the summer and autumn of 1940
Invasion of North Africa: It was in 1941.
Afrika Korps
: It was a German military force sent to North Africa to support Italian troops during World War II.
Invasion of Yugoslavia and Greece: It was in April 1941
Invasion of Russia: It was in June 1941.
Operation Barbarossa
: Code name for the invasion
Invasion of Denmark and Norway: It was in April 1940
Battle of Pearl Harbor: It was in Hawaii in December 1941. Japan fought against the United States
Invasion of Poland: It was in September 1939. Afected Germany and the URSS
Allied Offensives (1942-1945
Sicily landing. It was in 1943 in Italy
Normandy's landing. It was in June 1944, which caused the liberation of France.
Siege of Stalingrad: It was between August 1942 and February 1943. The USSR fought against Germany
Occupation of Germany: It was in May 1945 in Berlin
Battle of North Africa: It was in 1943 and they happened in El Alamein and Tunisia
Kamikazes and Atomic Bombs in Hirsoshima and Nagasaki. It was in August 1945, it marked the immediate surrender of Japan and the end of the Second World War.
Battle of the Pacific: It was in 1942 at Midway and Guadalcanal. The US fought against Japan
Repercussions of World War II
Social and human repercussions
Moral impact
The Holocaust caused a social impact that is still reflected today. 6 million Jews died
Repercussions on working conditions and gender roles
Loans to unemployed
Union movements
Social Insurance
Incorporation of women into work
Demographic balance
50 million deads(+civil population)
30 million displaced (+Europe)
Economic and material repercussions
Economic
Production drops by 50%
Inflation rise
Decreases the standard of living
Agriculture
Food deficiency
Hunger
Material destruction
Cities
Industries
Marshall Plan
Recovery of Europe (EEUU)
Political and territorial repercussions
Creation of 4 conferences
Yalta (February 1945)
Germany would be demilitarized and divided into four occupation zones of the USSR, the USA, Great Britain and France
Germany would be subject to heavy financial reparations and would lose East Prussia and part of Pomerania
Potsdam (July 1945)
Division of Germany and Berlin into four occupation zones
Russian and Polish borders are expanded at the expense of Germany
The Charter of Nations is drafted
Creation of the Interallied Commission.
Teherán (November 1943):
They guaranteed the full cooperation and assistance of the Soviet Union in all war policies. It provoke the first military measures
París (1946)
Reorganization of the European map
New international order
Block politics
EEUU vs URSS
Iron Curtain
Other political repercussions
European Convention on Human Rights (1950)
Women's Vote
European Economic Cooperation Organization (1948)