Summary of "[2024년 중2역사] 5-1(3) 세계 대전과 국제 질서의 변화 / 제2차 세계 대전"

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Title: [2024년 중2역사] 5-1(3) 세계 대전과 국제 질서의 변화 / 제2차 세계 대전 Speaker: Teacher Lim

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  1. Background and Causes of World War II:
    • The world was plunged into World War II just 20 years after World War I due to unresolved economic and political issues.
    • The United States emerged as the leading industrial power post-World War I, but the 1929 stock market crash and subsequent Great Depression caused global economic crisis.
    • Overproduction and falling consumer demand led to factory closures and massive unemployment, worsening the economic situation worldwide.
  2. The Great Depression and Responses:
    • The Great Depression began in the U.S. and quickly spread globally.
    • President Roosevelt’s New Deal involved active government intervention, including:
      • Controlling agricultural and industrial production
      • Strengthening social security systems
      • Creating jobs through large public works projects (e.g., Tennessee River dam construction)
    • These measures helped gradually revive the American economy.
  3. Rise of Fascism in Europe:
    • Economic crises in countries with weak economies and few colonies (Germany, Italy, Spain) led to the rise of fascism.
    • Fascism is a totalitarian ideology emphasizing the state’s supremacy over individual rights, enforcing absolute loyalty to the leader, and suppressing freedoms.
    • Italy: Mussolini’s Fascist Party seized power before the Great Depression, promoting the idea that the state creates the people, not vice versa.
    • Germany: Hitler’s Nazi Party overthrew the Weimar Republic, emphasizing racial superiority and persecuting Jews, leading to extreme dictatorship.
    • Spain: A civil war between democracy and totalitarianism ended with General Franco establishing a fascist regime, supported by Germany and Italy.
  4. Japan’s Militarism and Expansion:
    • Japan’s military took control, emphasizing emperor-centered supremacy and expanding aggressively into Asia (Manchuria, China).
    • Japan allied with Germany and Italy, forming the Axis Powers, though Spain remained neutral.
  5. Formation of Alliances and Prelude to War:
    • Germany violated the Treaty of Versailles by rearming and annexing Austria and Czechoslovakia.
    • Germany signed a non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union to avoid a two-front war but later broke it by invading the Soviet Union.
    • Britain and France formed an anti-fascist alliance and pledged to protect Poland.
    • Germany’s invasion of Poland in 1939 triggered World War II.
  6. Major Events of World War II:
    • Germany quickly conquered much of Western Europe, including Belgium, the Netherlands, and France.
    • The French resistance and Free French forces under de Gaulle continued fighting from Britain.
    • Britain, led by Churchill, resisted German air raids despite being isolated.
    • Germany invaded the Soviet Union but was eventually defeated at the Battle of Stalingrad, suffering massive losses.
    • The Allies (U.S., Britain, Soviet Union) pushed Axis forces back in North Africa and Italy; Italy surrendered in 1943.
    • The Normandy Landing (D-Day) in 1944 was a turning point, liberating France and pushing toward Germany.
    • Hitler committed suicide in 1945, and Germany surrendered in May 1945.
  7. Pacific Theater and Japan’s Defeat:
    • Japan’s prolonged war with China and expansion into Southeast Asia led the U.S. to impose economic sanctions.
    • Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 brought the U.S. into the war as an Allied power.
    • The U.S. won key battles such as Midway, gradually pushing Japan back.
    • The U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, forcing Japan’s unconditional surrender on August 15, marking the end of World War II and Korea’s liberation.
  8. Wartime Propaganda:
    • Allied countries produced posters to maintain morale and promote national policy, including:
      • Conserving supplies
      • Patriotism (e.g., Pearl Harbor reminder)
      • Women’s role in wartime efforts ("We Can Do It" poster)

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