The 20th century was the bloodiest chapter in world history.
During this period, for the first time humanity was introduced to the idea of "world war."
Overall, the first and second World War has claimed 65 million lives. Approximately half of these casualties were civilians who had nothing to do with both this war. Children, women, and parents are powerless alike were massacred cruelly. We may ask, how the world could be in the midst of mental illness is so widespread that way?
- Competition marketing areas and sources of raw materials
- Emerging partnership between countries of Europe:
~ Tripple Entente [French, English, Russian]
`Tripple Alliance [Germany, Italy, Turkey]
- The killing of Prince Franz Ferdinand by a Serb nationalist
June 28, 1919.
Effect: dipersempitnya territory of the Party Central [Germany, Austria, Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria]
Figures who signed the Versailles treaty:
- Woodrow Wilson [U.S.] -> 14 chapters propose peace [Wilson's Fourteen Points]
- Clemencau [PRC]
- Loyd George [UK]
- Birth of new countries
- Emerging schools of dictatorship, fascism, communism.
- LBB was formed (now the United Nations or United Nations)
World War II
- Benito Mussolini in Italy spearheaded the movement fasvio de combatimento,
with the ideals formed Italian Kingdom
- Adolf Hitler, Germany. Forming a NAZI
- Meiji Tenno, Japan. Fascist Military.
- 1937, occupied Abessynia Italy and Germany attacked Poland, 1 Sept 1939.
- December 1941, Japan bombed Pearl Harbour.
- PRC, UK to help Poland against Germany.
- The U.S. is involved facing the alliance of Germany, Italy, Japan, after Pearl Harbour was bombed
- Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, June 6, 1944
- Germany surrenders to the Allies, May 1955
- On 6 and August 9, 1945 in Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs by the U.S..
- August 14, 1945, Japan surrendered unconditionally to the Allies
* On 17 July to 2 August 1945 -> Potsdam Conference, to end the war:
1. Germany is divided into West Germany and East Germany
2. Germany must pay war reparations
3. German army reduced
4. NAZI Party removed
5. War criminals will be punished
* 8 September 1951 -> Treaty of San Francisco
Contents:
1. Japan was ruled by U.S. occupation troops
2. Japan to pay war reparations
3. Japanese-controlled areas are returned to owners
4. War criminals will be punished
