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The Second World War and the Cold War
History & Civics (H.C.G. Paper 1) · Chapter 16 · History 3: The Contemporary World
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- Causes: dissatisfaction with the Treaty of Versailles, rise of Fascism and Nazism, policy of appeasement
- Causes: Japanese invasion of China, failure of the League of Nations and Hitler's invasion of Poland
- Brief mention: attack on Pearl Harbour; bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- Consequences: defeat of the Axis Powers, formation of the United Nations and the Cold War
- Cold War: meaning; NATO and the Warsaw Pact (meaning only)