MMW 15 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Attack On Pearl Harbor, Hirohito, Axis Powers

• School: UCSD
• Department: Making of the Modern World
• Course: MMW 15
• Professor: Prestholdt

Document Summary

Affected pretty much every area of the world. Highest death toll of any war, conflict, or atrocity in history. Decisive shift of power to us and ussr. Rose in germany as a resistance to the struggles of the great depression. At the height of the war, most of europe was under german control and most of. Se asia and the eastern seaboard of china was controlled by japan. All were under authoritarian rule with strong military-industrial complexes. State investment in military hardware had dramatically expanded the industrial capacity of the nation and the militance of the nation. Military-industrial complex -- powerful vested interest of the military and industries producing military hardware. Recovered faster from the great depression than any other nation due to heavy gov spending. Had one of the largest navies in the world. Sees itself as a colonial power similar to europeans and the us.