HISTORY 103 Lecture 5: Lecture 5 - The Impact of WWII
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Great wars produce major social changes - they hasten the collapse of weak systems and give rewards to the strong ones. In palestine, we saw the decline of the ottoman empire in wwi. In the 1930"s zionism had made considerable progress. Momentum stalled in 1939 because the british had switched to a pro arab position. After wwii, the situation changed completely o o. Less than 3 years after the end of wwii, israel was established. Why did wwii have such a dramatic impact? o o. The war weakened the arabs and their patron, britain. Strengthened the jews, as well as the soviet union and the u. s. a. , who became their allies. In some respects, the war helped the arabs: o. The nashishibis and the king of transjordan both supported britain during its hour of need o. Britain was grateful for the wartime support o o o. Furthermore, the war left britain heavily dependent on arab oil.
