HIS 1111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Bataan Death March, Untermensch, Lebensraum
14 Dec 2018
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Total war: everything was focused on the war, mobilisation in order to gain a victory. Mechanized warfare: germans strengthened their warfare, usa introduced the atomic bomb, ptsd not only seen in troops but also in civilians. Fascism and annihilation warfare: removing hitler/nazis and anyone in the axis, civilians targeted by industrial power and big companies. Fascist states that glorified violence and worshipped warfare as exhibiting virility. Rebuild militaries to upset versailles world order: hitler"s "new order" in europe, mussolini"s "secondi rome" A pronounced characteristic of world war ii was an extenuated state campaign to dehumanize the enemy. Racism and willingness to use violence translated into campaigns of ethnic cleansing, for murdering civilians and unleashing weapons of mass destruction. Jap "monkies: vernichtungskrieg, untermenschen and lebensraum, dresden, bataan death march. Polish death camps: 1942-1945, hitler"s last hope in getting rid of the jews for what they"ve done to germany (auschwitz) Is the world"s first nuclear attack meant to cause multiple casualties.
