POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Religious War, Generalplan Ost, Military Elite
30 Aug 2016
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War is an actual, intentional and widespread armed conflict between political communities. Political communities states or a political groups wanting to become a state. Their effects communists coming to power in russia, political re-order of europe, process of ethnic cleansing after ww1. War is a natural effect in european world history. In 16-17th century, mercenaries butchered civilians, then civilians turned into them. War was used to capture territories, convert subjects, and expand market. Sunni vs shitte -> religious war is redefined. Last century, our world was defined by ww1 and ww2. Germany bombed civilians as they fled their houses. German forces burned 530 towns and villages and killed 16,376 people. Murder was no tactical, it was an end in itself. Complete political, demographic and racial reordering of europe. Spain, portugal, slovakia, hungary, romania, bulgaria, albania, italy. All mentally handicapped in germany and in occupied were to be murdered.
