HSTR 115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Lebensraum, Aryan Race, Bolsheviks
14 Jun 2018
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•most devastating in 130 years
•British, French, Germany —> started with German attack on Poland
•Japan started when they attacked China
•Russia —> June 22nd —> German attack on Russia (Operation Barbarossa),
purpose of Lebensraum and to destroy Bolshevism
•US —> Dec 7th, 1941 when Japan blew up Pearl Harbour
•Japan also attacked other allies
•First World War was 7 years war
•Second most lethal, 50 million casualties
•Hitler’s War
•5 Different Wars
•Anglo-French vs Germany
•N. African War (Brit. vs Italy), 1943
•New European War (Britain and Empire vs Germany and Italy)
•Barbarossa (Brit., Russia, America vs Italy, Germany)
•Pacific (America vs Japan)
•***War fought to defend and acquire territory and resources***
•Germany wanted Lebensraum (living space) out of Russia
•Space for pure, Aryan Race
•Ideological Over tones
•Russia protect communism
•Brit. and US protect liberal capitalism, rights, common law
•Italy and Germany protect fascism
•Hitler impressed by Mussolini
•Fascism-> class less society
•China —> Communist and Right Wing Nationalist (KMT)
•They fought Japan
•Japan built around emperor
•Nazis prosecute sub humans —> Jews, gypsies, Slavs
•Barralough —> pro german thinker
•Racial war
•White Americans vs Yellow Japanese
•Japan wanted to get rid of white colonists
•Racial superiority of Japanese
•China was lesser —> Sub human
•Michael Howard wrote book on Franco - Prussia War
•Different societies organized to fight
•Britain didn’t want single power
•Chamberlain balanced appeasement and rearming
•800% increase in British rearming military budget
Nazi Foreign Policy 1933 - 1939
•Control of courts, police, media
•Goebells —> Minister of Propaganda and Enlightenment
•radio and press
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