MMW 15 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Anne Frank, Primo Levi, Expansionism
2 Jun 2018
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Lecture 16 – WWII in Europe
❖ Itroductio: The Europea War as Culiatio of the iteral Crisis of
the Enlightenment Project
• Democracy vs. Totalitarianism (Western Europe and U.S.)
• Communism vs. Fascism (USSR)
• Fascist world order: what was the threat?
o Racist hierarchy at the center
• What was new about Fascist European racism?
o ifeio life ithout alue s. iilizig issio
o Raial hieahy i Euope s. oe thee i oloial orld
❖ The War as a Military Conflict
• The Road to Regional War in Europe, 1936-39
o Beakig the iteatioal ules the gae:
▪ Versailles Treaty and League of Nations
o Turning points
▪ May 1936, occupation of Rhineland
▪ Sept 1938, annexation Sudetenland
▪ Sept 1939, invasion of Poland ***
o States goals: incorporating German populations
o Wa egis he teaty ith Polad atiated
• The German War Plan:
o Blitzkrieg = lightening attack
o One Front War: Nazi Soviet Pact, 8/1939
o Early Victories, 1939-40
o By July 1940. Britain only major enemy
▪ Battle of Bitai oig apaig
• Why did Germany (and Fascism) Lose the War?
o Military Reasons for Defeat
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Document Summary
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