(i) Extreme nationalism/ Dissatisfaction with the Versailles Settlement

 

(ii) Censored the media/ Used radio, newspapers and posters with images of leaders to make them look powerful and biased slogans

 

(iii) The United States and Russia were not members/ It had no army to enforce its decisions

 

(iv) The Phoney War: Following the allies declaration of war on Germany no fighting took place during the winter of 1939 which became known as the phoney war.

 

      The Blitz: The Blanket bombing of British Cities by the German airforce the Luftwaffe

 

       D-Day (June 1944): The planned landing of Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy in order to free                France and defeat Hitler

 

(v) Topic 1: Rise of the Superpowers

 

(i) As each country had the power to wipe one another out with nuclear weapons

 

(ii) Korean War: The cold war continued into the 1950's with the Korean War. Before WW2 Korea was a japenese colony. Later Soviet troops took control of North Korea and the Americans took South Korea. The North Korean Leader Kim Il Sung invaded the South in an anttempt to unite the country. The South Koreans asked the U.N to send an army to assist them and they did. The U.N army was led by General MacArthur. The U.N army drove the North Koreans back. The Chinese then stepped in on the side of the North Koreans and forced MacArthur and the U.N army back southwards. Talks were started and after 4 million soldiers and civilians died they agreed to leave their territory as it was at the start of the war. The results of the Korean war were the death of  4 million people. However, all out war was avoided using nuclear weapons and the authority of the U.N security council was improved