GEOG 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Appeasement, Cryolite, Nuclear Weapon
Document Summary
To examine the spaial reach of modern warfare and the role of technology. To consider the logisical challenges of world war. Whereas about 9 million died in wwi, between 50 and 80 million died in wwii. Whereas civilians accounted for about 5% of the death toll in wwi, in wwii they accounted for perhaps two thirds of total deaths. The peace rejected: the rise of nazi germany, the failures of collecive security and appeasement. East asia and a militant japan: an expansionist militarism, japanese incursions in manchuria(1931) and china(1937) Circuit 1: nazi germany and the batle of europe, nazi germany strikes east, june 1941. Circuit 2: east asia and the paciic: japanese expansion in asia, japan atacks us, dec 1941, japanese expansion in asia ran aground in china, atack on us based on assessment of batle of europe. Circuits unravel: containing nazi germany, containing japan. Industrializaion in russia: strategic locaions of their industries.
