Appeasement
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Trench warfare Miles of trenches were dug and fortified with barbed wire, and when one side decided to launch an offensive, they would charge out of their trenche, get mowed down by machine gun fire, and then retreat. Led to stalemates
Russian revolution In Russia, world war I exacerbated long-term problems of political stagnation, social inequality, incomplete industrialization, and food and land distribution, which altogether had the effect of engendering widespread support for revolutionary change.
Pact of steel
Russian civil war The aristocracy wasn't happy about a peasant revolution. Collaborated with western countries to fight the bolsheviks with a massive army. Communists organized the army and used nationalistic sentiment to drive the western countries out. Russia becomes the Soviet Union.
Assasination of Franz Ferdinand in 1914 As he and his wife were being paraded around Bosnia, a Serbian nationalist shot him. Austria gave the serbian government an ultimatum, which would require taking responsibility for the assassination. Since they refused to do that, austria declares war on Serbia
The spanish army opposed the popular front. A general named Francisco Franco led a violent uprising against the popular front. Which led to a civil war. Represented a kind of testing ground for WWII, while Hitler and Mussolini supported Franco, western democracies did little to help the popular front.
Tzar Nicholas
Women's rights during war
Fascism
Easter rebellion Ireland wanted to be independent from britain. Although Britian had passed a home-rule bill, they put it on pause during the war. Ireland thought they were backtracking and so on easter sunday in 1916, Irish rebels began fighting british soldiers, who eventually put the rebellion down.
Stalemate is broken
Bolshevik troops storm the winter palace They stormed the provisional government's headquarters and now the communists are now in control of Russia
Total war When all of the resources of a state, from the state level to the average people are leveraged to fight a war.
World war one spreads Russia, in defense of it's slavic ally, mobilized its forces against Austria-Hungary. Austria-Hungary, seeing an opportunity to weaken Bosnian influence in the Balkans decided to intervene. They called on Germany to assist them. This drags the rest of the alliance system into the conflict.
February revolution
Black/Brown shirts Mussolini & Hitler's secret police that made dissent a fearful prospect
Vladamir Lenin published which outlined the steps to revolution. Peace, land, and bread Worker control of production All power to the soviets
Soviet union new economic policy
World war I causes
Mandate system Entente alliance promised the middle east independence after the war. However "they thought they weren't ready for independence" and they wanted oil, so they kept running them anyway
Fascism grows in eastern europe
Benito Mussolini
Great depression causes
Treaty of versailles It stopped the fighting, but didn't address the tensions that started the war in the first place. Reparations from Germany, War guilt clause: blamed the entire war on germany. Demilitarization: Crushed Germanys national identity
Spanish popular front
Five year plan
Pan-Slavism
Age of anxiety 2 world wars, nuclear bombs, and scientific advancements that shattered accepted beliefs made everyone nervous.
French popular front A coalition of left-wing parties whose main objective was preventing the rise of communism or fascism in france
Soviet union new economic policy
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Great depression causes War debt: European countries had no money and were forced to borrow from the United States. Nationalistic tariff policies Overproduction: When the war ended, demand for military goods dropped significantly Financial speculation U.S stock market collapsed.
Five year plan After Lenin, Joseph Stalin took power. After consolidating party power under himself, he implemented a five year plan with the goal to rapidly industrialize the soviet union. Much like Lenin, Stalin skipped crucial steps, like providing housing. People would rather starve than farm for the government.
Bolshevik troops storm the winter palace
Easter rebellion Ireland wanted to be independent from britain. Although Britian had passed a home-rule bill, they put it on pause during the war. Ireland thought they were backtracking and so on easter sunday in 1916, Irish rebels began fighting british soldiers, who eventually put the rebellion down.
Benito Mussolini First to use the word Fascism to characterize the system of government he claimed would solve all of italy's problems. Used modern technology to spread his propaganda to all Italians.
As he and his wife were being paraded around Bosnia, a Serbian nationalist shot him. Austria gave the serbian government an ultimatum, which would require taking responsibility for the assassination. Since they refused to do that, austria declares war on Serbia
Pact of steel Germany, Italy, and later Japan formed an alliance and became known as the Axis Powers. Western democracies viewed this as an existential threat
Miles of trenches were dug and fortified with barbed wire, and when one side decided to launch an offensive, they would charge out of their trenche, get mowed down by machine gun fire, and then retreat. Led to stalemates
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Frozen!
Russian revolution
French popular front A coalition of left-wing parties whose main objective was preventing the rise of communism or fascism in france
Treaty of versailles It stopped the fighting, but didn't address the tensions that started the war in the first place. Reparations from Germany, War guilt clause: blamed the entire war on germany. Demilitarization: Crushed Germanys national identity
Black/Brown shirts
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The aristocracy wasn't happy about a peasant revolution. Collaborated with western countries to fight the bolsheviks with a massive army. Communists organized the army and used nationalistic sentiment to drive the western countries out. Russia becomes the Soviet Union.
Pan-Slavism A growing nationalistic fever in which all of the slavic nations felt they ought to be under the one leadership of Russia. Helps explain why Russia got involved when Austria declares war on Serbia
World war I causes Militarism: armies were growing quickly thanks to mass conscription Aliances: Triple alliance and triple entente. Both sides are becoming suspisous and antagonistic of one another Imperialism: New tension over who gets which colonies Nationalism: Military leaders began to think that war was an acceptable way of bringing glory to their state
New military technology
World war one spreads
Women joined the military and supported the war effort, this directly led to women gaining the right to vote about 30 years later.
Appeasement Just give Hitler what he wants and keep the peace.
Mandate system Entente alliance promised the middle east independence after the war. However "they thought they weren't ready for independence" and they wanted oil, so they kept running them anyway
Fascism
Age of anxiety
Factory workers, many of whom were women, protested the cost of food like bread.
Total war When all of the resources of a state, from the state level to the average people are leveraged to fight a war.
Tzar Nicholas Upset at all the chaos from the February revolution while he was busy in world war I, ordered his troops to put down the protests. Instead, his troops joined them and the tzar lost control of the Military.
The economic and political turmoil sent spain into a tailspin. Their parliamentary democracy collapsed and the popular front took control. Represented the interests of workers and communists.
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Spanish civil war
April theses Vladamir Lenin published which outlined the steps to revolution. Peace, land, and bread Worker control of production All power to the soviets
Fascism grows in eastern europe
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