History of the Modern World, 10th Edition (Palmer)Chapter 21:
The Second World WarLearning ObjectivesChapter 21 teaches students about:
Factors that weakened the West in the face of Italian fascism and German Nazism. |
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The failed attempts at appeasing the revisionist powers and their ambitions. |
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The early successes of the Axis powers, which included the fall of France |
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The global scale of destruction that the war entailed both in terms of loss of life and economic damage. |
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How the German invasion of Russia and the involvement of the United States shifted the course of the war. |
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The unified Allied strategy that turned the tide against the Axis, first in North Africa, Sicily, and at Stalingrad, then in Europe and the Pacific. |
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The systematic genocide of Jews and others by the Nazis, now referred to as the Holocaust. |
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The decision made by the United States to use the atomic bomb against Japan. |
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The agreements at Yalta and Potsdam, where the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union disputed the boundaries and government of Poland, and the division and government of Germany. |
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The founding of the United Nations, which it was hoped would provide peace and security for the world. |
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