World War II Begins

Dictators  Hitler » Germany » Nazi  Mussolini » Italy » Fascist  Tojo » Japan » Fascist  Franco » Spain » Nationalist  Stalin » Soviet Union » Communist

Free Leaders  FDR » USA » Democrat  Churchill » England » Conservative  De Gaulle » France » Gaullism  Chiang Kai-Shek » China » Kuomintang

Problems

1. World War I - Treaty  Blamed Germany  Pay War reparations  Disarm  Ignored It and ready to fight

2. Depression  World Wide  Weak Countries  Good Opportunity

3. League of Nations  Failure  No U.S.  No one to keep Germany in check

4. Dictators  Show off power  Goals to rule the world

Axis vs. Allies  Germany  Italy  Japan  Spain  Romania  Austria – Taken over  Bulgaria  Slovakia  England  France  Soviet Union  USA  China  Canada  Greece  Norway 47 TOTAL

It Starts…  Europe  Germany takes over Austria – Very little resistance  Sudetenland – talked his way  Germany invades Poland – September 1, 1939  Blitzkrieg or lightning war  Nonaggression Pact between Germany and Soviet Union broken  Pacific  Japan attacks China

Some Basics  Years  US –  Holocaust  11 million dead  6 million were Jews  Over 60 countries involved  Military Deaths – 15 million  Civilian Deaths – 45 million  US Deaths – 418,500  Country Most Deaths – Soviet Union – est million

FALL OF FRANCE  Germany invaded from the Northeast  Trapped 400,000 French and British troops  Italy invades from the South  Hitler reaches Paris where France surrenders  Set up a puppet government