GLOBL 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Trench Warfare, Roaring Twenties, Anti-Communism
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Eventually extended from swiss border to north sea. In 3. 5 years never moved more than 10 miles in either direction. The us was late to join wwi. Us losses did not compare to france, germany, england and colonial contributors such as australia. For the us it was the roaring 20"s. White women won right to vote in us in 1920. Rise of fascism and militarism in italy, germany and japan. War ranged over all oceans and continents. Total energies of citizens of all nations involved. Destroyed remaining empires: german, japanese, french, american and italian. By the time the us entered wwii in 1941 much of europe had been devastated by. By the time the us and allies landed in normandy on d-day 1944 the german army was already in retreat. Russian forces were pressing west toward berlin. Europe was about to fall to the russian communists.
