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  • World History: World War II to the Present
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    • The Causes of World War II
    • The Global Impact of World War II
    • The Aftermath of World War II
    • The Reconstruction of Europe and Asia
    • The Cold War and Decolonization in the Developing World
    • Global Effects of the Cold War
    • The End of the Cold War and its aftermath
    • Developing Nations in Modern Times
    • Globalization

The Global Impact of World War II

1. Overview
2. The War in Europe: The fall of France
3. The Battle of the Atlantic
4. The War in Europe: Hitler’s invasion of Russia
5. World War Two
6. Images and voices of war
7. The Holocaust
8. Liberation of the Concentration Camps
9. The War in Asia and the Pacific: Pearl Harbor
10. The War in Asia and the Pacific: The Battle of Midway
11. Japanese surrender
12. The Allied victory
13. The Atomic bomb
14. Review

The Allied victory

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Reading

Read the below article. As you do so, consider the following questions:

  • What factors enabled the Allies to win the war?
  • How important was air power to the Allied victory?

Richard Overy, ‘World War Two: How the Allies Won’, BBC History, 17 February 2011.

How did the Allies win the war? Post your answer on WEnotes below. For example:

  • American armaments …
  • Hitler …

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