World War Pt 2 (World War II)

Similarities between Parts I and II Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary vs. Britain, France, Russia, USA, Italy (switched sides in the middle) Causes: M-Militarism A-Alliances I-Imperialism N-Nationalism New Forms of War, Total War Germany, Italy and Japan vs. Britain, France, Russia, USA, Italy (switched sides in the middle, again) Causes: Almost exactly the same New Forms of War, Total War

From the End of Part I to the Beginning of Part II The Treaty of Versailles War Guilt Clause Reparations Hyper Inflation Great Depression Diligence of Western Powers

Germany Is Winning Sequence in Europe: Hitler comes to power 1933 Germany remilitarizes Germany occupies the Rhineland 1936 Austria Mar. 1938 The Sudentenland Oct. 1938 Czechoslovakia Mar. 1939 Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 Mussolini and Italians invade Ethiopia 1937 Non-Aggression Pact 1939 War Starts September 1, 1939 Germany invades: Poland Sep. 1, 1939 Denmark, Norway Apr. 1940 France, Holland, Belgium, Lux. May 1940 Battle of Britain Germany invades/occupies: Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary join 1941 British in North Africa attacked 1941 Greece, Yugoslavia invaded Apr. 1941 Russia May 1941 Germany Is Winning

The Rhineland Anschluss The Sudetenland The Rest of Czech. 1936 March 1938 The Sudetenland The Rest of Czech. October 1938 March 1939

Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 Guernica by Pablo Picasso Francisco Franco

War Starts Invasion of Poland Sep. 1, 1939 Britain, France, Allies declare war Soviet Union invades Poland two weeks later No one declares war on Soviet Union

Remember the Schlieffen Germany conquers the West first Denmark & Norway Belgium, France, the Netherlands Doesn’t defeat Britain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaeHnMn3Mig Germany attacks the East Soviet Union joins Allies Two-Front War!

German High Water Mark

Japan Is Winning Sequence in Asia: Japan militarizes Japan invades: Manchuria ‘31 China ‘37 Japanese problems with America Japan joins Axis Powers 1940 Japan declares war on Britain and France Singapore Indo-China New Guinea Indonesia Pearl Harbor the Philippines Guam US, British, French Territories Japan Is Winning

Manchuria (Manchukuo) China Attacks the US Joins the War 1931 Rape of Nanking China 1937 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LJ7TDqHrmo Attacks the US 1941 Joins the War Against the Allies 1940

Japan’s High Water Mark

The Tide Turns The US joins Battles Pearl Harbor ‘41 Stalingrad ‘42-’43 El Alamein ‘42 Midway ‘42 Battle of the Atlantic ’40-44 Guadalcanal ‘42-’43 D-Day ‘44

Politics Stalin wants second front Yalta Conference Cold War Strategies Europe First Island Hopping Complete Surrender Total War Resistance Bataan Death March Holocaust (We’ll talk more later) Firebombing A-Bomb