USA: Wins WWI, creates League of Nations to oversee the Versailles Treaty and the new nation states of Europe. USA and USSR didnt join the League, Treaty revised by the big powers. USA isolationist - but supports Weimar financially and caps British and Japanese fleet sizes in Pacific allowing US to gain parity. US decides to back GB in 1940 with military aid - results in Lend-Lease agreement and Atlantic Charter - new world order envisioned after the war to avoid the mistakes that ended the last war. After 1941, USSR encouraged to become part of this new international United Nations (territorial concessions accepted as part of the deal to get the Soviets in) Imposes sanctions on Japan over Indo-China, US supportive of Chinese nationalists US attacked by Japan, Germany declares war on US US adopts G-first strategy - economy mobilised for Total War. Meetings at Casablanca, Teheran and Yalta, set out new world order of co-operation no more balance of power or spheres of influence - Stalin agrees in public at least. Both US and USSR will launch mechanised Blitzkriegs against G in 1944 using fully mechanized, motorized, modern armies that overwhelm a German army that has a large modern core at the heart of a largely WWI style artillery and infantry army Germany surrenders Japan surrenders Soviets join the UN, but not willing to co-operate with the West.
Posted on: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 08:38:02 +0000
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