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World War Two - Theory and Nature of War - Lecture Slides, Slides of History of War
World War Two, Causes of the War, Failure of the Schlieffen Plan, German Solution, Extraordinary Number of Casualties, Historical Context, Evaluate Its Place, Understand the Impact, Affects and Influences, The Treaty of Versailles represent lecture layout. This lecture is part of lecture series on Theory and Nature of War.
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The Character of World War I
Character of World War I
- Points to remember
- Causes of the war
- Failure of the Schlieffen Plan
- German solution to tactical problem
- Extraordinary number of casualties
- War’s end
Educational Objectives
- Discuss the causes, character and
outcome…
- Place the war in a historical context to
evaluate its place in the evolution of war.
- Understand the impact of WWI.
WWII
- Background: WWI
- Cause
- Character
- Affects and Influences
- The Treaty of Versailles
- Rise of Axis Powers
Character of World War I
Massive Armies
Violation of Neutrals
Technology
- Submarines
- Aircraft
- Machineguns; Artillery
- Gas
- Railroads
- Motor Transport
World War I
Affects and influences
Collapse of Old European Order US Isolationism Lasting Peace Alienation of Germany Soviet Russia
The Rise of the Axis Powers
- Italy
- Germany
- Japan
Italy
- WWI
- Legacy
- Aftermath
- Fascism
Italy
- Aftermath of WWI
Before 1922, Parliamentary Monarchy Increasing support for the Fascists under Mussolini Promised to rebuild Italy and recreate the Roman Empire Friendship with Hitler 1936 “Pact of Steel” with the Nazis 1939
Fascism Defined
Totalitarian philosophy
Origins; Roman fasces
Mussolini’s National Fascist Party
Counter to Bolshevik Insurrections
Ultranationalist
Illiberal: collective self
Focus on Leader and Party
Italian War Aims
Desire to be a “Great Power”
National unification
Mussolini the senior partner: 1922 vs. 1933
Opportunism with Nazi successes
Mediterranean = mare italiano
Italian Strategy
War should be actively sought would help unify Italy and enhance Fascism
Germany would need Italian help to defeat France
Italy could gain all of French North Africa and dominate the Mediterranean
Alliance with Germany was desirable similar ideologies and common enemies
Realities of Italy’s War
War came too soon
Little popular support
Less advanced technology
Primitive economy
Fascism lacked the ideological intensity of Nazism
Royal Navy contained Italy’s ambitions
Italy’s War ended as the tide turned on Germany
Germany
- Aftermath of WWI
- Rise of Nazi Germany
- Goals