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World War To Cold War
International Relations 1939 1945
Who Fought Whom?
NAZI-SOVIET PACT 1939
TRIPARTITE PACT 1940
GERMANY INVADES POLAND 1939
So, who was fighting whom at this point?
Where Was the USA? Isolationism key foreign policy of 1930s Lend Lease Programme established March
1941 Bombing of Pearl Harbor December 1941
brought USA into World War II Lasted throughout war – and had to be
repaid afterwards Totalled $50.1 (= $700bn today) An example of the economic wealth and
power of the USA
Who Fought Whom? (2)
Operation Barbarossa June 1941
Pearl Harbor – December 1941
So, who are the Axis Powers and who are the Allies now?
World War II Changed Europe The ‘Grand Alliance’
based solely on defeating Hitler
Previously suspicions and mistrust since at least 1917
Would the Alliance hold?
1945: State of the Nations 1
LondonStalingrad
Berlin HiroshimaWashington DC
1945: State of the Nations 2
USA physically untouched by World War 2 Phenomenal economic growth due to war GNP rose 60% Industry expanded 40% Farmers’ incomes quadrupled Weekly wages of industrial workers rose 70%
Balance Of Power USSR occupying Eastern
Europe and areas of Asia and Middle East
Britain and France still have empires – just
USA dominants world economically
USA also has atomic monopoly Germany and Japan destroyed Britain, France and Europe
economically very weak
Prospects for Peace?
What problems can you foresee developing after World War Two, based on what you have already covered?