1. World War II Period 6 themes technology decline of Europe
“global” culture
Chapter 30

2. Sukarno president of Indonesia 1945 - 1967
power of Japanese over Dutch, change in balance of powers around the world (less European)
defeated Dutch return….nationalism, anti-colonial, anti-Western…with Soviet help (COLD WAR)

3. Causes nationalism, imperialism, alliances, militarism
OLD
NEW
ULTIMATE
context after WWI
Great Depression
rise of totalitarian dictatorships
German and Japanese aggression

4. Start of WWII - western failure?
YES NO
Japan - Mukden Incident, 1931:
invasion of Manchuria
League of Nations ?
Germany - annexation of Sudetenland, 1938
Munich Conference
appeasement, Neville Chamberlain

5. Total War

6. Main Events - Europe 1) non-agression pact Soviet Union and Germany
2) German blitzkrieg invasion of Western Europe
3) Battle of Britain, refuse to leave the war
4) German invasion East: Operation Barbarossa
5) U.S. enters the war
6) Soviet counter-attack on Eastern Front
7) D-Day: Anglo-American victories in West

7. Main Events - Asia 1) Japanese invasion of China - 1931, 1937
2) Pearl Harbor
3) Japanese expansion into SE Asia
4) “island hopping” - U.S. counter attack
5) direct bombing of Tokyo
6) U.S. ends the war with atomic bombs

8. Results of WWII United Nations Cold War
Nationalism - independence movements
-drained European resources
-changed attitudes towards imperialism (UN)
-changed power structure - U.S. and Soviets
-gave indigenous peoples experience w/ war
-psychological impact - vulnerable Europeans

9. Southeast Asia INDIA - 1942 INC led “Quit India Movement”
Muhammad Ali Jinnah: Muslim League (supported war) - start of split, formation of Pakistan
British politics: labor vs. conservative (Churchill)
after WWII: India + Philippines quickly independent, Indonesia (Dutch) and Vietnam (French) - violence

10. non-settler Africa WWII influences
disrupted economy
more colonists served in war
changed perception of Europeans
some industrial production
urbanization, unemployed after WWII
WWII influences
Ghana (Britain) - example of more radical, Kwame Nkrumah, international context, economic boycotts
Senegal (France) - more gradual, kept more cultural and economic ties

11. settler Africa National Liberation Front vs. 1 million French
Algeria (France)
Kenya (Britain)
Southern Rhodesia (Britain)
restore military pride,
settler violence (OAS)
1962
Land and Freedom Party
Jomo Kenyatta
1963
Ian Smith,
white minority rule in 1965
Robert Mugabe’s ZANA rebellion, 1980

12. South Africa 23 million blacks, 4,5 million Afrikaans, 3.5 m Indians
Nationalist Party in apartheid, independence from Britain officially in 1961 under minority rule

13. Palestinian question
conflicting nationalism…..Muslim revolts vs. increasing zionist migrations
1948 Partition plan
Civil War