HIST 1011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Warsaw Pact, Master Of Surgery, League Of Nations Mandate
Document Summary
Wwi ended w germany exhausted and collapsed, russia in rev, japan took over german concessions in china and controlled in n china. But democracies want to make world safe for democracy during wwi, want international stability and trade in system. Us policies during wwi--us pulls into isolation although economically exchanged. Communism newcomer ideology--as the war broke out, russia stood to side but was brought into war by german invasion; although they were supposed to be against capitalism, they were a us ally so there was an issue. Germans pioneered new tactic-- blitzkrieg lightning war --new weaponry and tanks into offensive war so rapid german advances. Impact on fr in 1940 is difficult to underestimate. Used against british in battle of britain w airplanes. Extreme form of total war; impact of strategic bombing--hard to say if made difference but it destroyed infra and limited productive capacity of nazi empire. Aircraft tech had produced a jet aircraft.
