Reading and Writing Skills for Students of Literature in English: Postwar; Postmodern; Postcolonial

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Reading and Writing Skills for Students of
Literature in English Postwar Postmodern
Postcolonial

• Enric Monforte
• Jacqueline Hurtley
• Bill Phillips

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The Second World War
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Adolf Hitler, the Führer of the German National
Socialist (Nazi) party, preached a brand of
fascism predicated on anti-Semitism and racism.
Hitler promised to secure additional Lebensraum
for the German people who, he contended, deserved
more as members of a superior race. Treaties
between Germany, Italy, and Japan in 1936-1937
brought into being the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis.
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Poland September 1, 1939 German armies invade
Poland. France and Britain declare war.
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Battle of Britain Summer of 1940. Hitler unable
to invade Britain until RAF neutralized. RAF
defeat Luftwaffe. September 17, 1940, Hitler
postpones invasion.
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North Africa (1940-1941) February 1941. General
Rommel with the Afrika (tank) Korps, launched a
successful counter-offensive against the British
in Libya, expelling them from the
country. November 1942. American, British, and
Free French troops fighting together under
Generals Eisenhower and Montgomery arrived in
Morocco and Algeria. May 13 1942. 275,000 Germans
and Italians surrendered.
Rommel
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Eisenhower
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Montgomery
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Soviet Union June 22, 1941, 3 million Axis
troops invade USSR. Jan 31 1943. Soviets defeat
Germans at Battle of Stalingrad. Germans retreat.
We will defend Moscow!
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USA joins allies December 1941.
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor bringing United
States into war. December 11. Germany and Italy
declare war on United States.
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Italy July 1943. Allies land on
Sicily. September. Italian government signs
armistice. Germans occupy northern Italy. Allies
land in mainland Italy
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Benito Mussolini
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June 6, 1944, D-Day Allies establish beachheads
in Normandy. June Allies enter Rome. August 25
Paris liberated. September 11 Allies cross
German border. May 8 1945 VE day. August 6
Hiroshima. August 9 Nagasaki. August 14. Japan
surrenders.
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61 countries with 1.7 billion people, three
quarters of the world's population, took part.
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Deaths USSR more than 10 million military and 10
million civilian China 3.5 million and 10
million Germany 3.5 million and 3.8 million
Poland 120,000 and 5.3 million Japan 1.7
million and 380,000 Yugoslavia 300,000 and 1.3
million Romania 200,000 and 465,000 France
250,000 and 360,000 British Empire 452,000 and
60,000 Italy 330,000 and 80,000 United
States 407,318 Hungary 120,000 and 280,000
Czechoslovakia 10,000 and 330,000.