The Òmeaningó of World War II Massive Refugees Acceptance of Horror, 55 Million Dead Warfare

The significance of World War II massive refugees acceptance of horror, 55 million dead warfare against civilians becomes commonplace not happiness about it, but awareness that it is all too real total war / greater government interference become accepted, even in democracies you know this stuff already the end of European supremacy by the end of WW1 and WW2 Europe is exhausted Europe has no $, military or will to continue so, they have to grudgingly get rid of colonies and the USA and the USSR become the world powers, not Britain , France, Germany the end of colonies The freedom which the colonies wanted after world war one finally comes and the new powers don’t like colonialism the US hates colonialism : Wilson’s self determination and idealism says that people should be free and choose their own governments USSR hates colonialism because they see it as an exploitation of the colonies and a way to promote capitalism, they want equality and communism

International “machinery” set in place a more successful organization, unlike the League of nations, for politics, the United Nations, for economy, a general agreement of Tariffs and trade, an International Monetary Fund, and a world bank to for lending

The end of American Isolationism,. after and maybe because of world war 2, we no longer avoid getting involved in foreign affairs, in fact, we get involved in all of them as the world’s police, The significance of World War II massive refugees acceptance of horror, 55 million dead warfare against civilians becomes commonplace not happiness about it, but awareness that it is all too real total war / government interference become accepted, even in democracies you know this stuff already the end of European supremacy by the end of WW1 and WW2 Europe is exhausted Europe has no $, military or will to continue so, they have to grudgingly get rid of colonies and the USA and the USSR become the world powers, not Britain , France, Germany the end of colonies The freedom which the colonies wanted after world war one finally comes and the new powers don’t like colonialism the US hates colonialism : Wilson’s self determination and idealism says that people should be free and choose their own governments USSR hates colonialism because they see it as an exploitation of the colonies and a way to promote capitalism, they want equality and communism

International “machinery” set in place a more successful organization, unlike the League of nations, for politics, the United Nations, for economy, a general agreement of Tariffs and trade, an International Monetary Fund, and a world bank to for lending

The end of American Isolationism,. after and maybe because of world war 2, we no longer avoid getting involved in foreign affairs, in fact, we get involved in all of them as the world’s police, WORLD WAR TWO TIMELINE

March 1938 Anschluss Sep. 1939 the Munich Appease33kment over Sudetenland March 1939 annexation of Czechoslovakia August 1939 Nazi-Soviet Non-agression pact Sept. 1939 invasion of Poland By Germany, of Baltic States by USSR blitzkreig or Òlightning warÓ phony war May 1940 France falls and Britain escapes at Dunkirk June 1941 Germany invades USSR Dec. 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor 1942 Hitler announces Òfinal solutionÓ 1942 defeat of Germany in N. Africa at El Alamein 1942 defeat of Japan at Battle of Midway 1943 defeat of Germany at Stalingrad June 6 1944 D-day allied invasion of Normandy France 1944 General MacArthur retakes Philippines winter 1944-45 Battle of the Bulge May 1945 Victory in Europe August 1945 Atomic bombs dropped on :Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan Surrenders

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