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?