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The Second World War (1939-45)

ICSE · Class 10 · History & Civics

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Causes of the Second World War

  • The harsh Treaty of Versailles (1919) created deep resentment in Germany, making it a 'dictated peace' that Germans wanted to overturn
  • Rise of totalitarian regimes: Hitler's Nazi Germany (1933), Mussolini's Fascist Italy, and militarist Japan pursued aggressive expansionist policies
  • Germany's territorial violations: Rhineland remilitarization (1936), Anschluss with Austria (1938), and Sudetenland annexation (1938)
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Major Events and Phases of the War

  • Phase 1 (1939-1941): Axis victories - Germany conquered Poland, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands, France
  • Battle of Britain (1940): First major German defeat, RAF successfully defended Britain from German air attacks
  • Operation Barbarossa (June 1941): Germany's massive invasion of Soviet Union, initially successful but ultimately failed
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Consequences and Results

  • Massive human cost: 50-70 million deaths, including 6 million Jews in Holocaust, millions of displaced persons
  • Political changes: End of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan; emergence of USA and USSR as superpowers
  • Division of Germany: Split into four occupation zones, later forming East and West Germany

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The harsh terms imposed on GermanyThree aggressive dictatorships emergedBritain and France initially triedGermanyJapan's surprise attack on the US

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