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First and Second World Wars. Silvia Beatriz Tato Zaldivar.
Europe before the First World War.
Allies versus the Central Powers
Allies Central Powers France Germany Great Britain Austria-Hungary Russia Ottoman Empire Italy Bulgary Japan United States
Causes of the First World War
1) Political an military alliances. 2) Arms Race 3) Conflicts in the Balkans 4) Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Military tactics:
Trenches:
Barbed Wire
Artillery
Machine Guns
Gas Warfare
Tanks
Map of Europe after WWI
Comparison Europe pre and post WWI
Aftermath of the WWI
Causes of the World War II
Irredentist and revanchist nationalism Fascism: Mussolini, Hitler and Franco Remilitarization of Germany Alliances A powerless League of Nations. The imperialism of Japan
The Allies: France, Great Britain, The Axis: Germany, Italy and
Soviet Union, United States, etc. Japan.
The extension of the axis invasions
Comparison Europe pre, post WWII
Consequences of WWII
Occupation Administrations Germany lost ¼ of its territory The creation of the United Nations Germany divided Creation of the Soviet Sphere The Cold War United States and Russia the new super
powers.
Casualties of the WWII
The German Nazis were responsible for The Holocaust, the killing of approximately six million Jews, as well as two million ethnic Poles and four million others who were deemed "unworthy of life" (including the disabled and mentally ill, Soviet prisoners of war, homosexuals, Freemasons, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Romani) as part of a programmed of deliberate extermination. About 12 million, most of whom were Eastern Europeans, were employed in the German war economy as forced laborers.