WORLD WAR II DATE

1939-1945 The Allies: France, Poland, UK and UK colonies: Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa. The Axis: Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria

COLD WAR
1947-1991 USA The former SOVIET UNION USA SOVIET UNION

VIETNAM WAR 1954-1975

PARTICIPANTS

the violation of Treaty of Versailles the desire and ability of Adolf Hitler to dominate Europe and gain control especially of the agrarian resources to the east of Germany. Hitler's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 the prior 1937 invasion of the Republic of China by Japan. The U.S. entered the war when it was attacked by Japan on 7 December 1941. Ideologies, doctrines and philosophies: o o o the fear of a violent Communist revolution; racism and ethnocentrism: Hitler's idea of the superiority of the "pure" German race. fascism as a form of government (Italy: Mussolini)

the existence of two systems in a same country, the Western system or Capitalism and the Easter system or Communism; common welfare vs individual rights Politics - America was capitalist, Russia was communist. Lifestyle - America had freedom and a two-party democracy; Russia had secret police and a oneparty state. Aims - America wanted Germany to recover as a trading partner; Russia wanted to weaken Germany and create a buffer zone of friendly states around Russia. The collapse of the wartime alliance led to a Cold War between the two superpowers.
American fear of communist attack Trumans dislike of Stalin USSRs fear of the American's atomic bomb USSRs dislike of capitalism USSRs actions in the Soviet zone of Germany Americas refusal to share nuclear secrets USSRs expansion west into Eastern Europe + broken election promises USSRs fear of American attack USSRs need for a secure western border USSRs aim of spreading world communism

the prolonged struggle between nationalist forces attempting to unify the country of Vietnam under a communist government and the United States (with the aid of the South Vietnamese) attempting to prevent the spread of communism. USA thought that Communism was threatening to expand all over south-east Asia.(DOMINO THEORY) Vietnam was divided into South Vietnam on the hands of USA (democratic government/DRV) that supported the French and North Vietnam on the hands of CHINA (Communist government/NFL) Ho Chi Minh started a guerilla campaign in South Vietnam to make the country go under communist rule. The USA provided military advisors to help fight the guerillas

CAUSES

CONSEQUENCES

the end of European Age-Imperial rule: Nazi leaders were tried for crimes against humanity at Nuremberg; Japan under U.S military rule; France and England were forced to dismantle their colonial empires decolonization in Africa and Asia The Allies divided Germany between them: Berlin, the capital, lay in the Soviet zone and that too was divided; Eastern German: Communist system and Western German: Capitalist system the rise of the US to superpower status and the expansion of the Soviet Union: the economy of the

dissolution of Soviet Union

Americans left Vietnam South Vietnamese regime collapse and Vietnam was united Many South Vietnamese people were killed by the North Vietnamese Army. Most of Vietnam rural areas were polluted by American chemical warfare. Vietnam veterans suffered psychological after-effects

WINNERS

USA was stimulated by the war. the beginning of a nuclear age: bombardments with nuclear weapons: Hiroshima and Nagasaki. no distinction between civilians and military people; massive death of people: Holocaust the rise of nationalism and independence movements in Asia and Africa: Gandhi (India) a renewal effort to secure lasting peace through international organizations: rise of UN the emergence of the Cold War UK, USA, FRANCE, SOVIET UNION