Theme Series

1
Theme Series

• To what extent was industrial and technological
  strength the key to success in the period 1917
  1991?

2
Technological Strengths

• Throughout the period, the USAs industrial and
  technological strength made it a major power.

3
Technological Strengths

• In the 1920s, the USAs industrial power allowed
  it to dominate the world economy and to support
  European recovery.

4
Technological Strengths

• In the 1930s, the USAs industrial
  weakness/depression contributed to a global
  economic collapse and depression.

5
Technological Strengths

• The USAs industrial/ technological strength
  allowed the Allies to win the Second World War.
  The Lend-lease Act, aircraft carriers and the
  A-Bomb were all critical to victory.

6
Technological Strengths

• Hitlers technological advances in the blitzkrieg
  gave him huge victories in the Second World War.

7
Technological Strengths

• Germanys industrial weakness prevented its final
  victory despite the technological advances of
  jets and rockets.

8
Technological Strengths

• Britains technological advances in radar saved
  it from defeat in the Battle of Britain and the
  Battle of the Atlantic (sonar)

9
Technological Strengths

• Britains breaking of the Ultra code gave it the
  key to Germanys plans.

10
Technological Strengths

• During the Cold War, industrial/ technological
  competition was a critical factor (arms race,
  space race, and Star Wars).

11
Technological Strengths

• Stalins Five Year Plans.
• Soviet strength after the Plans led to victory
  over Hitler.

12
Technological Strengths

• Soviet technological advances in Cold War
• Sputnik
• ICBM
• Yuri Gagarin
• Cuban Missile Crisis

13
Technological Strengths

• Japans inability to match US industrial output
  during the Second World War.

14
Technological Strengths

• Industrial and technological strength saw the
  recovery of Germany and Japan after 1945.

15
Technological Strengths Was Not The Key

• The fight for civil rights and independence
  throughout the period did not rely on technology.
  Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Mandela all had
  great success.

16
Technological Strengths Was Not The Key

• The communists in China were able to win and
  create the Peoples Republic despite
  technological and industrial backwardness.

17
Technological Strengths Was Not The Key

• Korean War saw technologically weaker nations
  stalemate the USA.

18
Technological Strengths Was Not The Key

• In Vietnam/Afghanistan, both superpowers were
  defeated by technologically and industrially
  weaker forces.

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Technological Strengths Was Not The Key

• Cuba survives despite US opposition even though
  it has limited technological or industrial help.
  
• OPEC has a huge influence despite its lack of
  technology.