Textos sobre la 2ª Guerra Mundial

Nuevamente, aquí tenéis una selección de textos históricos sobre la 2ª Guerra Mundial:

Textos 2ª Guerra Mundial

Unit 9: The WWII. Key points

The expansion of the authoritarian regimes, like those of Germany, Italy and Japan, and the weakness and hesitation of the democratic powers (Great Britain and France) to face them, led to the beginning of the Second World War in 1939.

After invading Poland, Germany occupied easily through the Blitzkrieg tactic a great part of Europe during 1940.

In 1941 the war got a new world-wide dimension. After the German invasion, the USSR entered the war. On the other hand, as a result of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the USA declared war on Japan.

The first phase of the war (1939-1942) was characterized by the victories and occupations of the Axis powers (Germany, Italy and Japan). On the opposite, in the second phase of the war (1942-1945) the offensive of the Allied forces (the USA, Great Britain and the USSR) took place and they won the war in 1945.

The victors organized the new world order and created an international organisation that had to watch over the world peace: the UNO. The USA and the USSR emerged as new world powers.

The economic and demographic impact of the WWII was gigantic. Europe and Japan remained destroyed and there were 55 million dead.

The great destruction achieved, the Holocaust and the dropping of the atomic bombs caused a great moral impact over the victims.

Selección de textos del Tema 7

Aquí tenéis una amplísima selección de textos históricos sobre el tema 7 "El mundo de entreguerras" divididos en tres bloques, dada la extensión del tema a tratar:

Textos sobre la Revolución Rusa

Textos sobre la economía de entreguerras

Textos sobre el ascenso de los fascismos

Key points Unit 7: Interwar period

The interwar period is the time elapsed between the end of World War I (1918) and the beginning of World War II (1939). During this period important events happened: the Russian Revolution, the Great Depression and the rise of totalitarian regimes.

The negative consequences of the participation of the Russian Empire in the Great War gave rise to the outbreak of the revolution. On the February Revolution of 1917 the Tsar abdicated and a Provisional Government was instituted. The October Revolution of 1917 was led by the bolsheviks and it proclaimed the socialist state. This was the seed of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).

In the USA, the period between 1924 and 1929 was a period of economic growing, commonly known as the Roaring Twenties. But it was in fact a ficticious prosperity, due to the severe economic imbalances that resulted in the crisis of the 1930s, the Great Depression.

The democratic regimes established after the WWI became fragile, and some of them turned into dictatorships after a few years. Economic crisis, unemployment, poverty and political and social tensions helped the rise of dictatorial regimes, like the fascism in Italy and the nazism in Germany.

Instrucciones para la exposición del Tema 5

El Tema 5 "España en el siglo XIX" vais a prepararlo por vuestra cuenta y exponerlo en clase de acuerdo con las siguientes instrucciones:

1. Asignación de contenidos: cada alumno se preparará UN único contenido del tema y realizará en una hoja aparte CUATRO EJERCICIOS de ese apartado, a su libre elección*, que serán entregados al profesor el lunes día 10. La asignación de apartados y alumnos es la siguiente:
Punto 1 (págs. 86-87): Adsuar, Atiénzar, Awati, Cortés
Punto 2 (págs. 88-89): Cutillas, Egío, Flores, Fructuoso
Punto 3 (págs. 90-91: García, González, Hurtado, López (2)
Punto 4 (págs. 92-93): Mallol, Mas (4)
Punto 5 (págs. 94-95): Mas Pérez, Montiel, Moreno, Navarro, Pastor
(*Para el grupo 1, el ejercicio 5 es obligatorio)

2. Las exposiciones se realizarán en la clase del LUNES día10. Se podrá disponer de MEDIO FOLIO con un esquema como ayuda, pero no está permitido leer los apuntes. Se procurará relacionar el tema con alguno de los que se ha visto ya en clase.

3. Si alguien quiere realizar un PowerPoint, que me lo envíe a la siguiente dirección: meistersinger1868@gmail.com

Gracias por vuestra atención 

Imperialism and WWI: key points (page no. 123)

Colonialism was the process of territorial expansion in order to get political control and economic exploitation of new territories. Imperialism was the expansive policy carried out mainly by some european countries.

In the last third of the 19th century the great colonial empires were built as a result of the new economic, political, social and ideological needs. The most important colonial powers were United Kingdom, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, USA and Japan.

The consequences of Imperialism were economic, political, demografic, social and cultural.

The World War I took place between 1914 and 1918 and was fought by the Central Powers (the Triple Alliance) against the Allied Powers (the Triple Entente). The Central Powers were led by Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey. The Allied Powers were led by Great Britain, France and Russia. The causes of WWI were based on economic and territorial rivalries, nationalisms and colonial conflicts.

The Great War developed along the following phases: the war of movements (1914), the trench warfare (1915-1916), the crisis of 1917 and the end of the war (1918).

Aftermath: The effects of the WWI were very important: millions of human loss, material destruction, social agitation and political changes (fall of the great empires and creation of new countries).

The Industrial Revolution: key points (page no. 81)

The Industrial Revolution began in the middle of the 18th century in Great Britain. It was helped by the increasing of population, the new technological developments, raw materials and energy resources, communication routes and a bourgeoisie with capital.

The steam power was applied to textile manufacturing, ironworks, railways and ships.

In the latter third of the 19th century a new technological and scientific development was made and it helped the Second Industrial Revolution.

In the Second Industrial Revolution crude oil and electricity were applied as energy resources, and steel and chemical industries were developed.

Besides United Kingdom, other countries like France, Belgium, Germany, the United States and Japan became industrial leaders.

The factory became the most important production site, where machinery and workforce were placed together.

Class society replaced the ancient three estates. The two main social classes were bourgeoisie or capitalist class, who owned the means of production, and proletariat or working class, who only owned its work.

The labour movement wanted to remove class society and it developed across two main doctrines: socialism and anarchism.