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A Second Global Conflict and the End of the European World Order

30. A Second Global Conflict and the End of the European World Order. A Second Global Conflict and the End of the European World Order. Old and New Causes of a Second World War Unchecked Aggression and the Coming of War in Europe and the Pacific The Conduct of a Second Global War

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A Second Global Conflict and the End of the European World Order

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  1. 30 A Second Global Conflict and the End of the European World Order

  2. A Second Global Conflict and the End of the European World Order • Old and New Causes of a Second World War • Unchecked Aggression and the Coming of War in Europe and the Pacific • The Conduct of a Second Global War • War's End and the Emergence of the Superpower Standoff • Nationalism and Decolonization in South and Southeast Asia and Africa

  3. A Second Global Conflict and the End of the European World Order

  4. Old and New Causes of a Second World War • Guomindang • Chinese reunification • Japanese invade • Manchuria, Manchuko, 1931

  5. Old and New Causes of a Second World War • Rehearsals: Dictators, Militarism, and the Agony of the Spanish Civil War • Germany • Response to Soviet Union, World War I losses • Italy • Ethiopia

  6. Unchecked Aggression and the Coming of War in Europe and the Pacific • Japanese invade China, 1937 • Guomindang retreat • Germany • invades Poland, 1939

  7. World War II in Europeand the Middle East

  8. Asia and the Pacific in World War II

  9. The Conduct of a Second Global War • West reacts slowly

  10. Nazi Blitzkrieg, Stalemate, and the Long Retreat • Germany • Conquers France, Low Countries • Northern Africa • Britain • Winston Churchill • Russia • Germany invades, 1941 • 1943, driven back

  11. Anglo-American Offensives, Encirclement, and the End of the 12-Year Reich • Holocaust begins, 1942 • Up to 12 million killed • 6 million Jews

  12. Anglo-American Offensives, Encirclement, and the End of the 12-Year Reich • Pearl Harbor, 1941 • United States joins Allies • Americans and British • North Africa, 1942 • Success against Germans, Italians • France, 1944 • Germany surrenders, 1945

  13. The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Empire in the Pacific War • Japan • Attacks U.S., 1941 • Indonesia, Malaya, Burma, Philippines • U.S. • Some success by late 1942 • Air attacks on Japan, 1944 • Atomic bombs • Hiroshima, Nagasaki

  14. War's End and the Emergence of the Superpower Standoff • United Nations • Security Council • U.S., Soviet Union, Britain, France, China • World Court

  15. From Hot War to Cold War • Teheran Conference, 1944 • U.S., Britain, France • Yalta, 1945 • Germany, four occupation zones • Potsdam, 1945 • Germany, Austria divided, occupied • Japan invaded, loses territories

  16. From Hot War to Cold War • Korea freed, divided into two zones • China • Regains territory • Communists v. Nationalists • Baltic States • Become Soviet provinces • Except Yugoslavia, Greece

  17. Nationalism and Decolonization in South and Southeast Asia and Africa • Atlantic Charter, 1941 • Self-determination

  18. The Winning of Independence in South and Southeast Asia • Indian National Congress • Quit India Movement, 1942 • Gandhi • Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Muslim League • British Labour government, 1945 • Hindu/Muslim conflict • India, Pakistan, 1947

  19. The Winning of Independence in South and Southeast Asia • Gandhi assassinated, 1948 • Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Myanmar (Burma) • Peaceful independence • Philippines • U.S. grants independence

  20. The Winning of Independence in South and Southeast Asia • Dutch • Lose Indonesia to nationalists, 1949 • French • Indochina

  21. The Liberation of Nonsettler Africa • Two models • Radical • e.g. British Gold Coast (Ghana) • Kwame Nkrumah • Convention Peoples Party • Strikes, rallies, boycotts • Independence, 1957

  22. The Liberation of Nonsettler Africa • Peaceful • French, Belgian territories • Negotiation • e.g. Senegal, Ivory Coast • Léopold Sédar Senghor, Felix Houphouât-Boigny • Economic ties retained

  23. The Liberation of Nonsettler Africa • All French West African colonies freed by 1960 • Portuguese retain colonies

  24. Repression and Guerrilla War: The Struggle for the Settler Colonies • More conflict • Kenya • Jomo Kenyatta • Peaceful efforts fail • Land Freedom Army • Guerilla tactics • Defeated, Kenyatta imprisoned

  25. Repression and Guerrilla War: The Struggle for the Settler Colonies • Kenya • Negotiation with Britain • Independence, 1963 • Kenyatta president

  26. Repression and Guerrilla War: The Struggle for the Settler Colonies • Algeria • Violent • National Liberation Front • Warfare, 1950s • Negotiations • Independence, 1962

  27. The Persistence of White Supremacy in South Africa • Angola, Mozambique • Revolution • Independence, 1975 • Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) • Independence by 1980

  28. The Persistence of White Supremacy in South Africa • South Africa • Afrikaners • White supremacy ideology • In control after Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) • Apartheid

  29. Conflicting Nationalisms: Arabs, Israelis, and the Palestinian Question • Arab nations • Most independent by 1960s • Palestine • Zionist movement • Holocaust • Muslim revolt, 1936-1939 • 1948, Palestine divided • Warfare

  30. The Partition of Palestine After World War II

  31. Global Connections: Persisting Trends in a World Transformed by War • The end of the European Colonial order • Begun in World War I • Completed in and just after World War II • Decolonization transfers power from elites to elites • Some land distribution • Western dominance of trade and international economy continues

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