World War II 1939-45
A. Totalitarian Leaders & Their Goals Main Cause of World War II: Aggressive actions taken by the totalitarian dictators.
A. Totalitarian Leaders & Their Immediate Goals 1) Capture territory to increase Italy’s empire.
A. Totalitarian Leaders & Their Immediate Goals 2) Regain territory lost as a result of World War I.
A. Totalitarian Leaders & Their Immediate Goals 3) Reverse the effects of the Treaty of Versailles.
B. Events leading to war in Europe 1) Oct. 1935 – Mussolini invades Ethiopia. League of Nations reprimands Italy but takes no action.
1) USSR G GB Ger. Pol. Cz. Au. Hu. Fr. Ro. It. Yug. Bu. Gr. Sp. To Ethiopia
B. Events leading to war in Europe 2) Mar. 1936 – Hitler re-militarized the Rhineland. Again, League of Nations talks but does nothing.
2) USSR G GB Ger. Pol. Cz. Au. Hu. Fr. Ro. It. Yug. Bu. Gr. Sp. Rhineland USSR G GB Ger. Pol. Cz. Au. Hu. Fr. Ro. It. Yug. Bu. Gr. Sp.
B. Events leading to war in Europe 3) July 1936 – Spanish Civil War erupts. Popular Front wins elections. (coalition of socialist and communist parties)
B. Events leading to war in Europe Gen. Francisco Franco revolts. Nationalists v. Republicans. Hitler Stalin Mussolini
Guernica – by Pablo Picasso
USSR G GB Ger. Pol. Cz. Au. Hu. Fr. Ro. 3) It. Yug. Bu. Gr. Sp.
B. Events leading to war in Europe 4) Oct. 1936 – Rome- Berlin Axis.
4) USSR G GB Ger. Pol. Cz. Au. Hu. Fr. Ro. It. Yug. Bu. Gr. Sp. Berlin Rome Sp.
B. Events leading to war in Europe 5) Mar. 1938 – Hitler annexes Austria. “Anschluss”
USSR G GB Ger. Pol. Cz. Au. 5) Hu. Fr. Ro. It. Yug. Bu. Gr. Sp.
B. Events leading to war in Europe 6) Sept. 1938 – Hitler demands the Sudetenland. Munich Conference: G.B., Fr., Ger., It.
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
B. Events leading to war in Europe Munich Pact: Hitler gets Sudetenland, promises not to take anything else. Appeasement policy.
What was the lesson of Munich?
6) USSR G GB Ger. Pol. Cz. Au. Hu. Fr. Ro. It. Yug. Bu. Gr. Sp. Sudetenland USSR G GB Ger. Pol. Cz. 6) Au. Hu. Fr. Ro. It. Yug. Bu. Gr. Sp.
B. Events leading to war in Europe 7) Mar. 1939 – Hitler takes the rest of Czechoslovakia. You can’t appease a bully!
USSR G GB Ger. Pol. Cz. Au. 7) Hu. Fr. Ro. It. Yug. Bu. Gr. Sp.
B. Events leading to war in Europe 8) Apr. 1939 – Mussolini invades Albania.
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B. Events leading to war in Europe 9) Aug. 1939 – Nazi-Soviet Pact is announced. Non-aggression agreement.
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USSR 9) G GB Ger. Pol. Cz. Au. Hu. Fr. Ro. It. Yug. Bu. Gr. Sp.
B. Events leading to war in Europe 10) Sept. 1939 – Hitler launches the “blitzkrieg” against Poland. Great Britain & France declare war on the Axis Powers.
USSR 10) G GB Ger. Pol. Cz. Au. Hu. Fr. Ro. It. Yug. Bu. Gr. Sp.
Allies Axis Fin. No. Sw. Es. La. USSR D Li. G GB GB N Ger. Po l. B Cz. Hu. Fr. Fr. Ro. It. Yug. Bu. A Gr. Sp.
1) Fin. No. Sw. Es. La. USSR USSR D Li. G GB GB N Ger. Pol. B Cz. Au. Hu. Fr. Fr. Ro. It. Yug. Bu. A Gr. Sp.