The Peace on The Horizon - 75 Years after The World War 2 in the Middle East (17)

 

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Chapter 1. Wave of nationalism and socialism (1945-1956) (1)

 

017. Atrantic Charter (1/3)

It was common that both parties in the war built a plan on the postwar new order immediately after the start of the war. In case of a war by two neighboring countries, it usually the annexation of the enemy's land to their own country or monetary compensation burdened by the loser. But as for the World War I and II, the plan of a new global order was assessed in addition to territorial annexation and/or monetary compensation.

 

In case of World War II, both the Allied Powers led by US and the Axis countries led by Germany had simultaneously studied postwar global new order at the early stage of the war. However, it was the Allied Powers that decided the postwar world order. The plan by the Axis of Germany, Japan and Italy was scrapped by Allied Powers and never realized. The Allied side, the victorious countries, erased completely Axis’s plan.

 

What was the post-war plan by the Allied Powers? In August 1941, Atlantic Charter was drawn up by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. It was two years later after the UK and France declared the war against Germany in 1939. At that time, the United States supported the British and French, but not participating in the war. US declared the war against Axis Countries, namely Germany, Italy and Japan on the next day after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941.

 

(To be continued ----)

 

 

Areha Kazuya

(From an ordinary citizen in the cloud)