1914-Present

1. 20th Century Nationalism 2. Russia and China 3. Latin America 4. East Asia and the Pacific Rim

OLD AND NEW CAUSES OF A SECOND WORLD WAR - China ^^ = fear from Japanese that they would lose Manchuria - Hitler and Mussolini interfered in Spanish Civil War - mid 1930s ; Franco refused to help in global war that broke out afterward

UNCHECKING AGGRESSION AND THE COMING OF WAR IN EUROPE AND THE PACIFIC - WWII = caused by deliberate aggravations by Nazi Germany and Imperialistic Japan - Japan initiated WWII by attacking China - China and Japan = deadly war throughout duration of war to gain control of Eastern Asia - Soviet Union = invaded, taken over through pact

THE CONDUCT OF A SECOND GLOBAL WAR - blitzkreig - German strategy where concept = to take down enemy country with lightning speed by a combo of tanks and troop carriers, infantry, + supporting fighter aircraft and war bombers - France = taken over because of weak republic by the disasters of the 1930s - Britain = survived German occupation but most of soldiers = deployed and British cities/towns = under constant attack by German planes - Vichy = capital of Nazi puppet regime in which most of central and southern France = taken over - Battle of Britain - smaller British force = able to win Nazi air attack, because of strong leadership

HITLER'S WAR AGAINST THE JEWS - as war turned against Nazis, the war against the Jews = more intense - Battle of Bulge - Allies invaded Germany from the west (1944-1945)

- Battle of Coral Sea; Japanese stand off with United States - Midway Island = won by Japs, by Admiral Yamamoto

WAR'S END AND THE EMERGENCE OF THE SUPERPOWER STANDOFF - United Nations = est. - Tehran Conference = allies agreed on invasion of Nazi occupied France, gave Soviets a chance to push back Nazis - Yalta Conference - Potsdam