First and second world wars

Summary of the main elements in the development of these world wars.

1. First and Second World Wars . Silvia Beatriz Tato Zaldivar.

2. Europe before the First World War .

3. Allies versus the Central Powers Allies Central Powers France Germany Great Britain Austria- Hungary Russia Ottoman Empire Italy Bulgary Japan United States

4. Causes of the First World War 1) Political an military alliances . 2) Arms Race 3) Conflicts in the Balkans 4) Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

5. Military tactics : Trenches : Barbed Wire

6. Artillery Machine Guns

7. Gas Warfare Tanks

8. Map of Europe after WWI

9. Comparison Europe pre and post WWI

10. Aftermath of the WWI

11. Causes of the World War II Irredentist and revanchist nationalism Fascism : Mussolini, Hitler and Franco Remilitarization of Germany Alliances A powerless League of Nations . The imperialism of Japan

12. The Allies : France, Great Britain , The Axis: Germany , Italy and Soviet Union , United States , etc. Japan .

13. The extension of the axis invasions

14. Comparison Europe pre, post WWII

15. Consequences of WWII Occupation Administrations Germany lost ¼ of its territory The creation of the United Nations Germany divided Creation of the Soviet Sphere The Cold War United States and Russia the new super powers .

16. Casualties of the WWII

17. The German Nazis were responsible for The Holocaust, the killing of approximately six million Jews, as well as two million ethnic Poles and four million others who were deemed "unworthy of life" (including the disabled and mentally ill, Soviet prisoners of war, homosexuals, Freemasons, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Romani) as part of a programmed of deliberate extermination. About 12 million, most of whom were Eastern Europeans, were employed in the German war economy as forced laborers.